Preston, Diana,  1952- <br/><br/>
A first rate tragedy :  Robert Falcon Scott and the race to the South Pole / 
Diana Preston. 
 - 1st Mariner Books ed. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  1952. 
 - xiii, 269 pages, [16] pages of plates :  illustrations, maps ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> "First published in Great Britain in 1997 by Constable and Company"--Title page verso.  T.p.-- A Mariner book. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and index. 
<br/><br/> Chronicles the ill-fated attempt by explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions to reach the South Pole in 1912. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0618002014 9780618002016 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912. <br/>Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Discoveries in geography.<br/>Explorers.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>South Pole--Discovery and exploration.<br/>Antarctica--South Pole.<br/>Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>G 875 .S35 P74 1952