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A First Rate Tragedy

By: Diana Preston
Narrated by: Philip Franks
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November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lay between the bodies of two fellow explorers. They had died just eleven miles from the depot of supplies which might have saved them. Why did Scott's meticulously laid plans finally end in disaster, while his rival, Norwegian Roald Amundsen, returned safely home with his crew after attaining the Pole only days before the British team? In a newly revised and updated version of her original book, Diana Preston, returns to Antarctica and explores why Scott's carefully planned expedition failed.
©1997 Diana Preston (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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Interesting and Sad.

Really interesting. Of course I’d heard of ‘Scott of the Antarctica’ and seen the film. This book tracks his life and all his adventures and what went wrong on the Terra Nova adventure, through diaries. Lots of info so requires concentration. Well narrated.

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First rate triumph

Beautifully written. Beautifully read. Philip Franks’ narration is the best l’ve heard of all the many books I’ve listened to on Audible.

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