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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Fletcher, Anne (Historian).     Subjects     Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.     British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904)     Widows -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Explorers' spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Explorers -- Antarctica.     Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fletcher, Anne (Historian).       by title:      Widows of the ice : ...       by call number:      919.89040922 F612w     Search the Web     Fletcher, Anne (Historian).     Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.     British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904)     Widows -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Explorers' spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Explorers -- Antarctica.     Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Widows of the ice : the women that Scott's Antarctic expedition left behind / Anne Fletcher. by Fletcher, Anne (Historian). Amberley Publishing, 2022. Call #: 919.89040922 F612w Subjects Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.   British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904)   Widows -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Explorers' spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Explorers -- Antarctica.   Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781445693767 (hc.) Description:  319 p. : ill. (black and white), portraits (black and white) ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "This story begins with perhaps one of the most iconic moments in British history: the death of Scott of the Antarctic. But it continues where previous histories have stopped. Unlike other books about the famous expedition, which has become such a powerful symbol of heroic failure and British bravery, [the book] examines the rest of the human story. Uniquely, it shows how the expedition affected the people closest to its members, beyond the British public who came to lionize them. These were the wives and families left behind by their brave, dead men. As Scott wrote in his last letter, 'I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.' But what was behind this extraordinary type of bravery, where death sometimes seemed more honorable than success? And how much did those who loved and depended on the explorers support their endeavors, when it meant that they could lose everything? [Ther book] not only provides a fascinating new account of one of modern British history's best-known events – a story that we thought we knew – but also sheds light on the culture that drove men to risk themselves in faraway lands, to inflict fear and loss of their families, which was an essential ingredient in the values of the British Empire and the nation's sense of identity until surprisingly recent times. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 919.89040922 F612w Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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