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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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