Vicary, Tim, 1949-

The coldest place on earth / Tim Vicary. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008. - 56 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Oxford bookworms library. True stories. Stage 1 . - Oxford bookworms library. Stage 1. True stories. .

In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, and Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth...

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Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 --Travel--Antarctica.
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 --Travel--Antarctica.


British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913)


Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
South Pole--Discovery and exploration.

PE1126.V533 / C653 2008

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