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This is a great book to acquire if your general knowledge of historical adventurers is as haphazard as mine. Somewhere along the line, I'd missed out on Scott and Shackleton, and it's very satisfying indeed to fill those gaps from such a reliable informant. One brisk section, for example, managed to encapsulate both Antartica's history and further outlook, along with sufficient atmospheric detail to ensure we mortals understood just what it feels like to sleep in Scott's hut during a wintry gale.

If you enjoyed this book, then Sara Wheeler's travels in the Arctic: [[The Magnetic North: Travels in the Arctic by Sara Wheeler|Magnetic North]] might appeal. And now my Antarctic appetite has been whetted, I think I'll be looking at Roland Huntford's [[Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford|The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen]].

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