num_pages: 269
description: Examines the ill-fated South Pole expedition of Scott and four other men in 1910, revealing the perseverance, courage, and spirit of the explorers, their haunting demise, and the discovery made by the rescue party in 1912.
language: English
title: A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
titlecomplete: A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
genres: Biography, Adventure, Nature, Nonfiction, Travel, Survival, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 292
publisher: Houghton Mifflin