LET HEROES SPEAK: ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS, 1772-1922. By MICHAEL H. ROSOVE. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2000. ISBN 1-55750-967-0. xi + 358 P., maps, b&w illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. US$34.95.
Since the publication of Roland Huntford's biographies, Scott and Amundsen (1979) and Shackleton (1985), there has been a renewal of interest in the Antarctic exploratory expeditions of the early 20th century. It has taken the form of new editions of the South Polar ...