I May Be Some Time
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‘I May Be Some Time’ is a cultural history of our obsession with ice, Eskimos and polar exploration. When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national imagination. Despite wars and social change, despite recent debunking, it is still there.
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When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national imagination. Everyone remembers the doomed Captain Oates's last words: 'I'm just going outside, and I may be some time.' Francis Spufford's celebrated and prize-winning history shows how Scott's death was the culmination of a national enchantment with vast empty spaces, the beauty of untrodden snow, and perilous journeys to the end of the earth.
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| Weight | 330 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.5 × 12.5 × 4 cm |
| Book_author | Spufford, Francis |
| Publisher | FABER & FABER |
| Imprint | Faber & Faber |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 384 , 8 unnumbered of plates |
| Language | English |
| Dewey | 910.911 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
