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Title: Good Book, but take it with a grain of salt
Review: What struck me after reading this, wasn't so much that it was a great book, but that the events surrounding the "Race to the Pole" are so intense that even a mediocre book on the subject can be truly rivetting. This was the first book I read on the subject and it left me hungry for more (and less biased) accounts of these times.Even while enjoying the book, it was easy to see the author's skewed point of view towards Admunsen - how she characterizes him as somehow being sneaky or dishonorable simply because he suceeded (on much more limited means) where Scott failed. Her pro-English arrogance shines throughout the book, condenscending to non-Brits if they fail, crying foul if they suceed.
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