The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2) Part 2/3

The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2) by Robert Falcon SCOTT (1868 - 1912)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Biography & Autobiography

Read by: Steve Gough in English

Parts:
Part 1 https://youtu.be/5gI4SFEoUT4
Part 3 https://youtu.be/FCN52pdYkYw

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 19 - Chapter IX, The Work and the Workers, Part Two
00:23:38 - 20 - Chapter X, In Winter Quarters: Modern Style, Part One
00:40:47 - 21 - Chapter X, In Winter Quarters: Modern Style, Part Two
01:00:01 - 22 - Chapter XI, To Midwinter Day, Part One
01:24:02 - 23 - Chapter XI, To Midwinter Day, Part Two
01:52:32 - 24 - Chapter XII, Awaiting the Crozier Party, Part One
02:16:43 - 25 - Chapter XII, Awaiting the Crozier Party, Part Two
02:42:00 - 26 - Chapter XII, Awaiting the Crozier Party, Part Three
02:59:51 - 27 - Chapter XIII, The Return of the Sun, Part One
03:26:28 - 28 - Chapter XIII, The Return of the Sun, Part Two
03:52:09 - 29 - Chapter XIV, Preparations: The Spring Journey, Part One
04:05:22 - 30 - Chapter XIV, Preparations: The Spring Journey, Part Two
04:25:28 - 31 - Chapter XV, The Last Weeks at Cape Evans, Part One
04:44:39 - 32 - Chapter XV, The Last Weeks at Cape Evans, Part Two
05:09:50 - 33 - Chapter XVI, The Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, Part One
05:38:18 - 34 - Chapter XVI, The Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, Part Two
06:08:16 - 35 - Chapter XVI, The Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, Part Three
06:33:36 - 36 - Chapter XVII, On the Beardmore Glacier, Part One
06:53:20 - 37 - Chapter XVII, On the Beardmore Glacier, Part Two

Captain Scott's ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy - but also a mythic adventure story which has inspired books, articles, and films over the generations. As so often in such cases the ‘truth' of the explorers' experiences (and there were many important figures in the party besides Scott) is much more rich, varied, and fascinating than the boy scout stereotype. Few know for example how much time during the many months of the journey were spent in scientific researches which remain of huge value to this day. But what comes across most vividly in Scott's fascinating and finally very moving diary account is the complexity of the man and his closest comrades who reached the Pole fatally too late (the Norwegian Amundsen has beaten them to it by many weeks), then died trekking home, facing tortuous weather conditions, dwindling food supplies, and that gnawing, bitter sense of defeat. Ironically Robert Falcon Scott is now far more famous than Amundsen: his triumph secured by history and by myth. For if Scott was finally an imperfect explorer, he was the perfect author of his own amazing tale. Scott's account is introduced by Clements R. Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society at the time of the expedition; and concluded by E.L. Atkinson, a member of Scott's party and leader of the relief expedition which found the bodies of Scott and his comrades some months after their death in November 1912. - Summary by Steve Gough

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