An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science

On the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian of science presents a fascinating and bracing new take on Antarctic exploration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The heroic age of Antarctic exploration culminated 100 years ago, when Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott reached the South Pole within five weeks of each other. In An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science, Edward J. Larson presents a new narrative, bolstered by new information gleaned