Polar Opposites

From: The Washington Post | Date: February 9, 2003| Author: Reviewed by Charles Wilson | Copyright information

ESCAPE FROM LUCANIA

An Epic Story of Survival

By David Roberts

Simon & Schuster. 206 pp. $23

SCOTT, SHACKLETON AND AMUNDSEN

Ambition and Tragedy in the Antarctic

By David Thomson

Thunder's Mouth. 306 pp. Paperback, $15.95

LOST IN THE ARCTIC

Explorations on the Edge

By Laurence Millman

Thunder's Mouth. 368 pp. Paperback, $15.95

As the last reaches of the Earth have been mapped, it has become more difficult to st...

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