Bibliograph

The last Viking, the life of Roald Amundsen, Stephen R. Bown

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The last Viking, the life of Roald Amundsen, Stephen R. Bown

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-341) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last Viking

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

784125022

Responsibility statement

Stephen R. Bown

Sub title

the life of Roald Amundsen

Table Of Contents

1. West -- The boy from the Mountain Kingdom -- Polar apprentice -- An extraordinary plan -- Where Franklin died -- An education at Gjøahavn -- 2. South -- "I resolved upon a coup" -- The Napoleon of the Poles -- Dogs and skis -- A featureless expanse of snow -- 3. East -- A hero returns -- A new battlefield -- The frozen reaches of Tartary -- 4. North -- Grounded dreams -- The Arctic Phoenix -- The dirigible and the fascist -- A massed attack on the polar regions -- 5. Lost -- No more Poles to conquer -- Epilogue: the end of the Heroic Age

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Life of Roald AmundsenRoald Amundsen

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