Other editions of book The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition

?These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.” So penned Captain Robert Falcon Scott in 1912 as he confronted defeat and death in the crippling subzero temperatures of Antarctica. In this riveting book, Susan Solomon finishes the interrupted tale of Scott and his British expedition, depicting the staggering 900-mile trek to the South Pole and resolving the debate over the journey’s failure.?An absorbing, fascinating read . . . a book that will appeal to the explorer in everyone.”?Sally Ride?Solomon argues her case well, in exact and graceful prose.”?Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World?Persuasive. . . . [Solomon] reaches important new conclusions about Scott’s expedition.”?Sara Wheeler, New York Times Book Review?Brilliant. . . . A marvelous and complex book: at once a detective story, a brilliant vindication of a maligned man, and an elegy both for Scott and his men and for the ?crystalline continent’ on which they died.”?Robert MacFarlane, Guardian?Solomon has crafted a smart, terrific book and an important addition to polar history.”?Roberta MacInnis, Houston Chronicle

“These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.” So penned Captain Robert Falcon Scott in 1912 as he confronted defeat and death in the crippling subzero temperatures of Antarctica. In this riveting book, Susan Solomon finishes the interrupted tale of Scott and his British expedition, depicting the staggering 900-mile trek to the South Pole and resolving the debate over the journey’s failure. “An absorbing, fascinating read . . . a book that will appeal to the explorer in everyone.”―Sally Ride“Solomon argues her case well, in exact and graceful prose.”―Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World“Persuasive. . . . [Solomon] reaches important new conclusions about Scott’s expedition.”―Sara Wheeler, New York Times Book Review“Brilliant. . . . A marvelous and complex book: at once a detective story, a brilliant vindication of a maligned man, and an elegy both for Scott and his men and for the ‘crystalline continent’ on which they died.”―Robert MacFarlane, Guardian“Solomon has crafted a smart, terrific book and an important addition to polar history.”―Roberta MacInnis, Houston Chronicle

This title tells the tragic story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his British team who in November 1911 began a trek across the snows of Antarctica, striving to be the first to reach the South Pole. After marching and skiing more than 900 miles, the men reached the Pole in January 1912, only to suffer the terrible realization that a group of five Norwegians had been there a month earlier. Scott and his four companions died on the return journey. Whether they were courageous heroes or tragic incompetents has been debated ever since.