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A First Rate Tragedy by Preston, Diana is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is A First Rate Tragedy about?
On 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 h
Who reads A First Rate Tragedy?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Preston, Diana
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781780330815
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Memoir, World History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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