Scott and Amundsen
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780399119606 (0399119604)
Publish date: 1980
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Pages no: 665
Edition language: English
I've always been struck by the fact that the British revere Scott, a miserable failure, in my estimation. He was smug, didn't do his homework, and wasted resources on a doomed effort. Amundsen, on the other hand, studied the Eskimos to learn how to survive in harsh arctic conditions, learned how to ...