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Record #200715:
The last Viking: the life of Roald Amundsen, conqueror of the South Pole / Stephen Bown.
Title: | The last Viking: the life of Roald Amundsen, conqueror of the South Pole / Stephen Bown. |
Author(s): | Bown, Stephen. |
Date: | 2012. |
Publisher: | London: Aurum Press |
Abstract: | Biography of Amundsen as public figure in historical context. Uses recent translations into English of Amundsen's diaries and letters; texts of his lectures; and newspaper articles, in particular from New York Times. |
Keywords: | 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 92 -- Biographies: Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning. 93"191" -- 1910-1919. 93"192" -- 1920-1929. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1903-06 Amundsen. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1910-12 Amundsen. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1928 Amundsen. X -- Biographies and obituaries. (*2) -- Polar regions. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*301) -- North Pole. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*701) -- South Pole. (*58) -- Norway. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 92[Amundsen, R.E.G.][Bow-2012] |
ISBN: | 9781845138448 |
SPRI record no.: | 200715 |
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