Review Essay: Changing Trends in Remembering Amundsen and Scott

Authors

  • Aant Elzinga Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract

Review of: Ross D. E. MacPhee, Race to the End. Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole, New York: Sterling Publishing Co. 2010, ISBN 9781402770296, 245 pp. plus panorama foldout plates and map; Edward J. Larson, An Empire of Ice. Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science, New Haven & London: Yale University Press 2011, ISBN 9780300154085, 288 pp.; Cornelia Lüdecke, Roald Amundsen. Ein biografisches Porträt, Freiburg–Basel–Wien: Verlag Herder GmbH 2011, ISBN 9783451062247, 208 pp.

Published

2012-08-13

How to Cite

Elzinga, A. (2012) “Review Essay: Changing Trends in Remembering Amundsen and Scott”, Journal of Northern Studies, 6(1), pp. 113–122. Available at: https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/700 (Accessed: 23 February 2025).

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Book Reviews