Awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2011 National Outdoor Book Awards
Shortlisted
for the 2012 Hessell-Tiltman prize. The prize of £3,000 is awarded
annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content.
Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, An Empire of Ice
presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration. Retold with
added information, it's the first book to place the famed voyages of
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his British rivals Robert Scott and
Ernest Shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and
geopolitical context.
Get more information, here.
Maybe you need to read these books:
Secrets of the Ice
The Roof at the Bottom of the World
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