Nov. 04, 2011
In Scott's Race To The Pole, Science Beat Speed
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A hundred years ago, two teams were racing to the South Pole. The Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen made it first, beating British explorer Robert Scott. But only Scott did pioneering science--and photography--along the way. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the achievements of the first Antarctic expeditions. |
Guests
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Edward Larson
Author, “An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science” (Yale University Press, 2011)
Professor, History and Law
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California -
David Wilson
Author, “The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott: Unseen Images from the Legendary Antarctic Expedition” (Little, Brown & Company, 2011)
London, England
RELATED READING
An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science
by Edward J. Larson
The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott: Unseen Images from the Legendary Antarctic Expedition
by David M. Wilson
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