Birdie Bowers

Captain Scott's Marvel

Anne Strathie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2013
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7524-9444-9 (ISBN)

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Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers realised his life’s ambition when he was selected for Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition to the Antarctic, yet he also met his death on the return journey from the South Pole in 1912.

Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers realised his life’s ambition when he was selected for Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition to the Antarctic, yet he also met his death on the journey. Born to a sea-faring father and adventurous mother on the Firth of Clyde, Bowers’ boyhood obsession with travel and adventure took him round the world several times and his life appears, with hindsight, to have been a ceaseless preparation for his ultimate, Antarctic challenge. Although just 5ft 4in, he was a bundle of energy; knowledgeable, indefatigable and the ultimate team player. In Scott’s words, he was ‘a marvel’. This new biography, drawing on Bowers’ letters, journals and previously neglected material, sheds new light on Bowers and tells the full story of the hardy naval officer who could always lift his companions’ spirits.

ANNE STRATHIE is an acclaimed polar historian and biographer. She has written three biographies of members of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Antarctic expedition, all published by The History Press.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2013
Zusatzinfo	16 Plates, color; 37 Illustrations, color; 9 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-7524-9444-9 / 0752494449
ISBN-13	978-0-7524-9444-9 / 9780752494449
Zustand	Neuware