One Canadian, Gareth Wood, and two Englishmen walked across Antarctica to the South Pole. Each man hauled a sledge loaded with 350 pounds of survival gear 900 miles through the unimaginable cold of the empty, hostile, continent.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. 225-226
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 919.8/904
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- t------
- ISBN
- 9781459331860 9780920663486
- LCCN
- G875
- LCCN Item number
- W66A3 1996eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaBVAU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiv, 226 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00213269 (OCoLC)605725589 (CaOOCEL)419978
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Foreword 6
- Introduction 9
- Maps 11
- Chapter One: The Last Great Prize 16
- Chapter Two: Preparations 30
- Chapter Three: A Visit With Scott 41
- Chapter Four: Worst Journey 57
- Chapter Five: Spring 77
- Chapter Six: South at Last 86
- Chapter Seven: The Ross Ice Shelf 96
- Chapter Eight: The Gap 113
- Chapter Nine: The Beardmore 126
- Chapter Ten: The Polar Plateau 137
- Chapter Eleven: South Pole 149
- Chapter Twelve: Sunk 157
- Chapter Thirteen: No Alternative 166
- Chapter Fourteen: Ostracized 178
- Chapter Fifteen: Leopard Seal Attack 187
- Chapter Sixteen: Hut Point 200
- Chapter Seventeen: Departure 209
- Epilogue 225
- Appendix 228
- Glossary 232
- A 232
- B 232
- C 232
- D 232
- E 233
- F 233
- G 233
- H 233
- L 233
- M 233
- N 233
- P 233
- R 233
- S 233
- V 234
- W 234
- Acknowledgements 235
- Endnotes 237
- Bibliography 240
