Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated (Revised)

Contributor(s): Huntford, Roland (Author), Theroux, Paul (Introduction by)

ISBN: 9780375754746

Publisher: Modern Library

Binding Types:

Paperback

$22.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$34.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$33.75 (100+ copies: $33.00)

List/retail price:

$22.00

Pub Date: September 7, 1999

Dewey: B

LCCN: 99041398

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.32" H x 8.10" L x 5.27" W ( 1.30 lbs) 640 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Polar Regions | Expeditions and Discoveries

Series: Modern Library Exploration

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000065656 ( Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated (Revised))

Reading level: 9.00

Interest level: UG

Point value: 41.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The definitive account of the contest between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Raoul Amundsen for the most coveted prize in the age of modern exploration: Antarctica. "One of the great debunking biographies."--"The New York Times Book Review."

Review Quotes: "A remarkably vivid picture of the agonies and feuds, as well as joys,
of polar exploration . . . a fascinating book."--The New York Times

"An extraordinarily rich reading experience."--Los Angeles Times