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With Scott in the Antarctic : Edward Wilson - explorer, naturalist, artist / Isobel Williams.

Title
With Scott in the Antarctic : Edward Wilson - explorer, naturalist, artist / Isobel Williams.
Author
Williams, Isobel.
Publication
Stroud : History, 2008.

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320 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Wilson accompanied Scott on both his celebrated Antarctic voyages: the Discovery Expedition of 1901-1904 and the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1913. This biography, the first full account of the Antarctic hero, traces his life from childhood to his tragic death.
Subject
  • Wilson, Edward, 1872-1912 > Travel
  • Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 > Friends and associates
  • Discovery (Ship)
  • British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904)
  • Explorers > Great Britain > Biography
  • Physicians > Great Britain > Biography
  • Zoologists > Great Britain > Biography
  • Antarctica > British
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Early years -- Cambridge -- Edward Wilson, M.B. -- Antarctic recruit -- England to Madeira -- To the polar ice -- Entering Antarctica -- Furthest South -- Paintings and penguins -- The Grouse challenge -- Terra Nova -- The winter journey -- Death in the Antarctic.
ISBN
  • 9780750948791 (hbk.)
  • 0750948795 (hbk.)
LCCN
^^2009293805
OCLC
  • 227910010
  • SCSB-10077887
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library