Item #14393 Race to the End; Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole [American Museum of Natural History in association with Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge]. Ross D. E. MacPhee.
Race to the End; Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole [American Museum of Natural History in association with Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge]
Race to the End; Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole [American Museum of Natural History in association with Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge]
Race to the End; Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole [American Museum of Natural History in association with Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge]
Race to the End; Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole [American Museum of Natural History in association with Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge]
Race to the End; Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole [American Museum of Natural History in association with Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge]
Race to the End; Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole [American Museum of Natural History in association with Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge]

Race to the End; Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole [American Museum of Natural History in association with Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge]

New York: Sterling Innovation, 2010. Fine in Fine dust-jacket First Edition First Edition, 1st Printing. SIGNED by author, [9.25x9.25] x, 245 pp., after material of notes, references credits and index, [16] unpaginated seven fold out maps and panoramas; Illustrated cloth covers with AMNH logo and black lettering on spine, blind stamped title on front, color end papers, all edges trimmed, with publisher translucent slipcase with dark blue lettering on front and rear; Negligible shelf wear to book or slipcase, signed by MacPhee on title page. Item #14393

A very well done book accompanying an exhibition by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) commemorating the 100 anniversary of the quest for the South Pole by Amundsen and Scott. Ross MacPhee was a scientist, explorer, professor at NYU, and curator emeritus of Mammalogy and Vertebrate Zoology with the AMNH, He has participated in over 45 expeditions of the world including both poles. MacPhee thoroughly researched the print and archived records to tell the story of both expeditions. The book is profusely illustrated and with excerpts from diaries, letters, drawings, illustrations and photographs. The seven fold out maps and notated panoramas provide a different perspective on the trials of each expedition.

Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) was one of the most famous British Royal Navy explorers that led two expeditions to the Antarctic. The Terra Nova 1910 to 1912 expedition was noted for Scott's ill-fated polar journey and the scientific findings relating to embryology, geography, discovery of fossils, and the race to be the first at the South Pole. Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), was also attempting to reach the South Pole from the other side of the Ross ice shelf at the Bay of Whales. Amundsen, traveled faster with dogs and skis and arrived at the South Pole in December 1911 and left a tent and note for Scott. Scott's party arrive a month later, on January 17, 1912, to be bitterly disappointed to find Amundsen was there first.

Being later in the season, Scott's team ran into severe blizzard conditions that slowed travel and consumed supplies. Also, Evans and Oates were ill died on the journey. Scott, Wilson and Bowers died in late March 1912. The tent was found in November 1912 and, after retrieving journals and science samples, they were buried on the Ross Ice shelf.

Roald Amundsen arrived at Bay of Whales in January 1911. This winter camp was 1 degree closer to the pole than Scott’s McMurdo Sound base and offered many other practical and scientific advantages. The Norwegians were skilled in skiing and dog handling, which allowed them to travel to the South Pole in 56 days. At 3:00 pm, on Friday, December 14, 1911, there was a simultaneous cry of "Halt!" as the sledge meters registered their arrival at the South Pole. With the Norwegian flag planted, Amundsen named the polar plateau for King Haakon VII. Amundsen left a tent and note for Scott to find one month later.

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