The Voyages of Captain Scott; Retold from ‘The Voyage of the "Discovery" ‘ and ‘Scott's Last Expedition' [Introduction by Sir J.M. Barrie. Bart.]

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1915. First Edition. Very Good. [8.25x5.5in].; 440 pp., frontispiece photograph of Captain Scott, 20 plates including four color and frontispiece, illustrations in text, facsimile reproduction of Scott's last writing, fold out map of main southern journey; Green gray cloth covers with gilt lettered front cover and spine, and gilt/white vignette of sailing ship at sea on front, top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, front hinge cracked and still tight, small dark spot on spine, prior owner pencil inscription dated December 1915. [Rosove 330.B1]. An extensive introduction by Sr. J. M. Barrie on Scott's family and upbringing. Turley has retold the stories of exploration, heroics and tragedy of the voyages of Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901-04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-13.

Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) was one of the most famous British Royal Navy explorers that led two expeditions to the Antarctic. The Terra Nova 1910 to 1912 expedition was noted for Scott's ill-fated polar journey and the scientific findings relating to embryology, geography and discovery of fossils. Scott's polar journey from Cape Evans, in McMurdo Sound, was a major effort in laying supply depots and "racing" to be the first at the South Pole. The Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, was also attempting to reach the South Pole from the other side of the Ross ice shelf at the Bay of Whales. Amundsen, traveled faster with dogs and skis and arrived at the South Pole in December 1911 and left a tent and note for Scott. Scott's party arrive a month later, on January 17, 1912, to be bitterly disappointed to find Amundsen was there first. Scott, along with the rest of the Polar party, died on the return march due to illness and shortage of supplies.