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On 14 December 1911, Roald Amundsen (1872 1928) and his Norwegian
team became the first humans to reach the South Pole, a month
before their ill-fated British rivals under the leadership of
Robert Falcon Scott. Reissued here is the 1912 English translation
of Amundsen's two-volume account of how this extraordinary and
perilous feat was achieved. Illustrated throughout with
illuminating maps and photographs, the text contains important
details relating to matters of climate, equipment, diet, sledging
and survival in forbiddingly cold conditions over uncertain
terrain. Underpinning Amundsen's success, the use of dogs, skis and
fur clothing made possible the dash to the pole and back without
the loss of human life. While careful to present the expedition in
the best light, Amundsen's work remains essential reading in the
history of Antarctic exploration. Volume 1 covers the early stages
of the expedition prior to the start for the pole in October 1911."
On 14 December 1911, Roald Amundsen (1872 1928) and his Norwegian
team became the first humans to reach the South Pole, a month
before their ill-fated British rivals under the leadership of
Robert Falcon Scott. Reissued here is the 1912 English translation
of Amundsen's two-volume account of how this extraordinary and
perilous feat was achieved. Illustrated throughout with
illuminating maps and photographs, the text contains important
details relating to matters of climate, equipment, diet, sledging
and survival in forbiddingly cold conditions over uncertain
terrain. Underpinning Amundsen's success, the use of dogs, skis and
fur clothing made possible the dash to the pole and back without
the loss of human life. While careful to present the expedition in
the best light, Amundsen's work remains essential reading in the
history of Antarctic exploration. Volume 2 covers the momentous
journey to the pole and back, closing with chapters and appendices
on nautical and scientific topics."
From the author of Pelle the Conqueror: Martin Andersen Nexo
(1869-1954): Ditte Everywoman is a long rich work in three volumes,
full of the kind of poetic detail found only in books like Gorki's
and O'Casey's autobiographies; it has been generally unobtainable
in this country for a long time now. It is a first-rate novel
interpreting a working woman's life. In the first volume of the
trilogy, Ditte is truly Girl Alive-alive to all the bittersweet
experiences of life in a poor family struggling for survival. The
locale is Denmark, peasant country, at the beginning of the 20th
century. But it becomes sharply here and now by virtue of Nexo's
masterful understanding of social forces. The second and third
volumes (Daughter of Man, and Towards The Stars) carry Ditte into
maturity from her servant days at the Hill Farm to work in the
capital city, Copenhagen. Martin Andersen Nexo's writing is
magnificent throughout: the giant simplicity of an enduring folk
tale. And without any overt psychologizing, he probes deep into his
characters. Ditte, growing up to young womanhood, is revealed in
her complexities, her doubts and her rainbow joys. She participates
in all experiences, hers is no shallow stream of consciousness, but
a plunging into the moving current of life. She becomes
truly-Ditte, Everywoman.
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