HEROES ALL: RACE TO THE POLE: AN ANTARCTIC TALE

In 1912, Roald Amundsen and R. F. Scott raced to discover the South Pole. One man won and survived to tell his tale; the other perished on the snows of the Barrier and became a legend. This is the story of how that happened.The legend of Scott’s heroic struggle against Antarctica was written even before the men who lived it with him and survived could step ashore to tell their own tales of struggle and triumph. The carefully controlled newspaper accounts of Scott’s story and his compelling last journal entry, “we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far”, created a sweeping wave of grief throughout the British Empire. It was a story with one tragic hero. This historically accurate novel reveals the equally heroic stories of the men who survived his last expedition.This story is told from multiple perspectives through fictional dialogs among historical characters. Wilson is Scott’s friend and confidant. The enigmatic Meares considers Scott grossly incompetent. The taciturn Oates criticizes Scott but soldiers onward to his doom. Bowers is utterly loyal to Scott. The bookish and introspective Cherry greatly admires Scott but inner doubts grow as he witnesses critical decisions that cost mens' lives. Dr. Atkinson is torn between his duty as a physician and his unforeseen ascent to leadership of the entire expedition. The saga of the six men marooned on Inexpressible Island is rarely included in any account of Scott’s last expedition – and for good reason. Can they be saved? And in London, a newspaper editor spins a tale that becomes the legend of Scott's last expedition.

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