The last Viking
Subtitle: the life of Roald Amundsen
By: Stephen R. Bown
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780306820670; 9780306821622
Subjects: Discovery and exploration; Norweigian; Biography; Explorers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : The last of the Vikings; title: Part one : West.; title: The boy from the Mountain Kingdom; title: Polar apprentice; title: An extraordinary plan; title: Where Franklin died; title: An education at Gjøahavn; title: Part two : South.; title: "I resolved upon a coup"; title: The Napoleon of the Poles; title: Dogs and skis; title: A featureless expanse of snow; title: Part three : East.; title: A hero returns; title: A new battlefield; title: The frozen reaches of Tartary; title: Part four : North.; title: Grounded dreams; title: The Arctic Phoenix; title: The dirigible and the fascist; title: A massed attack on the polar regions; title: Part five : Lost.; title: No more Poles to conquer; title: Epilogue : The end of the Heroic Age; title: About the author