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Dieses Buch enth lt die Reiseerz hlungen von Robert Falcon Scott's letzter Expedition, die ihn 1910 von England aus in die Antarktis verschlug, wo er zwei Jahre sp ter tragischerweise ums Leben kam. Der Autor Apsley Cherry-Garrard war Teil des Expeditionsteams Scott's und fand zusammen mit anderen den Kapit n und andere erfroren auf. Die Expedition sollte die M nner britischer Herkunft noch vor dem Norweger Roald Asmundsen zum S dpol bringen, doch der Weg dorhin erwies sich als zu hart, sie schafften kaum ihr t gliches Kilometer-Pensum. Dar ber hinaus bescherte ihnen die Antarktis zu dieser Zeit besonders harte Witterungsbedingungen, aufgrund derer das Team nach und nach der K lte zum Opfer fiel. Dieser Reiseroman beschreibt detailreich und ersch tternd die Erlebnisse in Schnee und Eis, welche mit zahlreichen Bildern noch unterst tzt werden.… (mehr)
rebeccanyc: Solomon includes excerpts from the diaries of the men, as does Cherry-Garrard, but brings modern scientific data to explain some of the unusually extreme weather conditions faced on Scott's polar journey.
rebeccanyc: Both of these books testify to the ability of people in hazardous and terrifying physical conditions to use both hard work and their mental and emotional strength to survive.
Cherry-Garrard había participado en la expeidción de Scott al polo Sur (1910-1913) y formaba parte del grupo de búsqueda que halló su cadáver congelado en los tramos finales del trayecto de regreso. La expedición había estado marcada por el infortunio desde el comienzo. A partir de las anotaciones que dejó Scott y, sobre todo, de su propia experiencia, Apsley Cherry-Garrard reconstruyó aquellos tres años de penalidades y heroísmo.
A fantastic account of the tragic Scott Antarctic expedition of 1910 - 1913 written by Apsley Cherry-Gerrard, a member of the team, in 1922. I have the 2012 Folio Society edition. It includes many excerpts from the author's own diary and from those of Scott, Bowers, and Wilson. There are some beautiful photographs and extensive detailed discussion of every aspect of the continent, the sea, the wildlife, the men and their condition. Cherry-Gerrard wrote a laudably even-handed criticism of Scott and the techniques used by the expedition. There is a strong component of Edwardian stiff upper-lip heroism with frequent mention of how cheerful the sick were right up to the end. There is evidence of British class structure with the discussion of the death of seaman Evans being distinctly different from that of the officers. Of some medical interest - the team members understood that fresh fruits and vegetables could prevent scurvy, but the concept of a vitamin wasn't described until 1912 and the chemical structure of vitamin C wasn't known until the 1930s - some other older theories are held to by the team's doctors. Also, ptomaine poisoning is mentioned several times, since the idea that food poisoning was due to a bacteria-made toxin was not known then. Scott uses the abbreviation DV in his diary. I hadn't seen this, it is for Deo volente, God willing, as in if Evan's feet don't worsen we will make it to the next depot, DV. He also uses the expression Queer street. I've seen this before in some Sherlock Holmes stories and in Brideshead revisited. An example would be, if Evan's feet do worsen we will all be in Queer street. There are some maps in the text and a glossary at the back, so be sure to look for them when you wonder what sastrugi are. ========================== re:the possibility that Scott had scurvy see: http://www.idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm( )
Originally published in 1921, this book is an account of Scott’s Second Antarctic Expedition written by one of the participants. Apsley Cherry-Garrard has combined his observations with the journals of several members of the party into a narrative of both the scientific and exploratory objectives. He paints a picture of Scott, not as concerned with the “race to the pole” as with the enhancement of human knowledge. Recommended to those who enjoy detailed first hand accounts of explorations.
What I liked: • Immerses the reader into what it was like to be an Antarctic explorer during the early 1900s • Provides an in-depth analysis of what happened to Scott and his team, leading to their demise about 11 miles from the depot which likely would have saved them • The description of the “worst journey in the world” which turned out to be the miraculous survival of three men who traveled over dangerous terrain at night in search of Emperor Penguin eggs
What I didn’t care for: • Too much detail for my taste, to a degree that it detracted from the story • Numerous formatting issues in the Kindle edition, such as headings included in the text, references to photos or drawings that were not included, quotations from literature not clearly delineated, etc. • The various journals did not always take place in chronological order, and it was not always clear to me whose journal was being quoted
Favorite quotes: “Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised”
“It is so easy to be afraid of being afraid!”
“Your breath smokes, forming white rime over your face, and ice in your beard; if it is very cold you may actually hear it crackle as it freezes in mid-air!”
“We were primarily a great scientific expedition, with the Pole as our bait for public support”
“Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion” ( )
What a story! I'll never complain on an airplane trip again! A shipload of men travel to the Antarctic in 1910, to make scientific discoveries and attempt to reach the South Pole. Alas, Amundsen, a Norwegian, beat Scott's English team. The travails of the different expeditions are horrendous and led to death for several humans and a LOT of mules, ponies and dogs.
I wonder how many women wanted to go on this expedition? ( )
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Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised. (Introduction)
This post-war business is inartistic, for it is seldom that any one does anything well for the sake of doing it well; and it is un-Christian, if you value Christianity, for men are out to hurt and not to help—can you wonder, when the Ten Commandments were hurled straight from the pulpit through good stained glass. (Preface)
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Everything else is vague. Hour after hour he staggered about: he got his hand badly frost-bitten: he found pressure: he fell over it: he was crawling in it, on his hands and knees. Stumbling, tumbling, tripping, buffeted by the endless lash of the wind, sprawling through miles of punishing snow, he still seems to have kept his brain working. He found an island, thought it was Inaccessible, spent ages in coasting along it, lost it, found more pressure, and crawled along it. He found another island, and the same horrible, almost senseless, search went on. Under the lee of some rocks he waited for a time. His clothing was thin though he had his wind-clothes, and, a horrible thought if this was to go on, he had boots on his feet instead of warm finnesko. Here also he kicked out a hole in a drift where he might have more chance if he were forced to lie down. For sleep is the end of men who get lost in blizzards. Though he did not know it he must now have been out more than four hours.
Exploration is the physical expression of the intellectual passion. And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.
Just enough to eat and keep us warm, no more - no frills nor trimmings; there is many a worse and more elaborate life. The necessaries of civilization were luxuries to us;... the luxuries of civilization satisfy only those wants which they themselves create.
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And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore. If you are a brave man you will do nothing: if you are fearful you may do much, for none but cowards have need to prove their bravery. Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say, "What is the use?" For we are a nation of shopkeepers, and no shopkeeper will look at research which does not promise him a financial return within a year. And so you will sledge nearly alone, but those with whom you sledge will not be shopkeepers: that is worth a good deal. If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg.
Dieses Buch enth lt die Reiseerz hlungen von Robert Falcon Scott's letzter Expedition, die ihn 1910 von England aus in die Antarktis verschlug, wo er zwei Jahre sp ter tragischerweise ums Leben kam. Der Autor Apsley Cherry-Garrard war Teil des Expeditionsteams Scott's und fand zusammen mit anderen den Kapit n und andere erfroren auf. Die Expedition sollte die M nner britischer Herkunft noch vor dem Norweger Roald Asmundsen zum S dpol bringen, doch der Weg dorhin erwies sich als zu hart, sie schafften kaum ihr t gliches Kilometer-Pensum. Dar ber hinaus bescherte ihnen die Antarktis zu dieser Zeit besonders harte Witterungsbedingungen, aufgrund derer das Team nach und nach der K lte zum Opfer fiel. Dieser Reiseroman beschreibt detailreich und ersch tternd die Erlebnisse in Schnee und Eis, welche mit zahlreichen Bildern noch unterst tzt werden.
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