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couldn't really figure out how to rate this book which is really two books in one, so I was very close to not rating it at all however in the end I settled on astar rating.
Some of the last parts of Scott's narrative are heartbreaking to read and that stuff's high up there on the list of best stuff I've ever read, but when you base a narrative on diary notes it's only natural that there are segments where not much is happening.
However the emotional power of the later parts of his narrative certainly is to some extent linked to the 'semiboring' stuff in the middle before the end you've been following Scott and Oates and Wilson etc.
for a long time, and that changes how you experience the narrative,
I thought 'the second book' in this edition i, e. , the second half of the publication was less gripping than the first, It consists of a collection of other experiences by people besides Scott what were the other groups doing What was happening on the ship during the years of the expedition, as well as e.
g. information about financing/provisioning, detailed weather data/observations and information about e, g. the content of some of the 'lectures' they were having during the long evenings in the hut.
It's not bad though, and a lot of additional details are added along the way in this part of the book, including answers to some questions one would naturally ask oneself while reading Scott's account.
It's obvious that different authors focus on different things in the book, and some aspects of the journey are much better covered in the second part of the book than in the first.
It's important to note that a lot of the science that was done by members of the expedition was not done by Scott's group, and if you want insights into these matters you need to read the second half of this book, as it has a lot of additional details about e.
g. the geological work that was done during the expedition,
The book takes a lot of time to read compared to most books which are not textbooks I think my amazon kindle claimed that the average reading time washours or so, but it took me roughlyhours to finish it I'm basing this estimate on the estimated time left at the half way point and at, which were,hours andhours, respectively.
A counter to the revisionist view of Scott as a blunderer, This is clearly a well organised, senior scientific expedition, not a rush to the pole, Mistakes were made the reliance ob ponies, the lack of belief in dogs but only with hindsight.
The ultimate tragedy was, in the end, the result of extreme unseasonable weather and not any lack of planning or leadership.
One cannot fail to be impressed by the stoicism and bravery, even after all the years in between.
Well worth the read, albeit dry and slow in parts, After all, as with any diary, there were times when not much happened,
I'd heard
that Scott could write, and boy do I believe it now! I knew the story before starting this, having previously read several books about the expedition.
But it was completely different reading about it in Scott's own words, and I can't help but admire the man immensely, despite his flaws.
years ago tomorrow, the blizzard that finally trapped him and his remaining companions in their tentmiles from their next depot picked up, and I will be thinking of these men a lot over the next week or so.
Scott's final entry was written on Marchth of, and what a final entry! Almost all his last thoughts and words seemed to be for and about the loved ones he knew he was leaving behind, and his letters to several are included at the end of this edition.
It's a heartbreaking read, but very well worth it, This classic and amazingly detailed diary is a wonderful read, Scott is a very talented author and the really captivating world of Antarctic exploration is examined in depth.
But then everyone knows what is coming! The fatal end, But this doesn't make it any less touching when it does come and Scott and his companions turn out to be brave, self sacrificing and as caring as the drastic circumstances will allow.
People who are determined to put Scott down should read this book and then you begin to appreciate the intellectual depth of the man.
The great humanity and his endless fascination with science and nature,
But more than anything the shear determination and gutsy dash home even though a failure cannot help but touch and inspire I read this on a day by day basis, traveling with Scott on the journey.
I was impressed with Scott's writing, Loved the parts that took place near McMurdo station, since I could envision them, Overall, it's an epic journey that is well documented, . . highly recommended. Amazing Diary Incredible Story
This is not a story crafted for the reader, but the first person account of Scotts Terra Nova Expedition written in his diary by the man himself.
A fascinating read easily followed in episodes, The frequent references to nice weather and rather warm early on while at the same time recording temperaturesdegrees illustrates just how tough these guys were.
I'm British, so my book reviews veer towards the pithy and the sarcastic, Also, because I'm British, I tend to complain about the weather whenever it's belowC or aboveC.
And then I went and read Captain Scott's journals, He and his team walked to the South Pole because science, And then they tried to walk back but died because the weather was unseasonably shit,
I can't write anything pithy about that, I can't be sarcastic. Scott and his team are, to use that modern cliché, heroes, Reading their journey is as harrowing as it is inspiring, I'm rarely, if ever, patriotic about my country, But Scott and his expedition wanted to get to the South Pole for science, not to get to the South Pole first, and they faced their death on their return voyage not with gnashing of teeth but with stiff upper lips and dignity.
Reading about it I was proud to be British, proud to be a scientist, and proud that as recently as a hundred years ago people like Robert Scott, Captain Oates, Doctor Wilson, Lt.
Bowers, and P. O. Evans walked this Earth, all the way to the South Pole, sitelink
Recensione completa gt sitelink altervista. or Друге прочитання виявилося значно насиченішим. На то є дві причини.
Поперше, сам по собі переклад потребує читання уважнішого, ретельнішого. Занурення в текст неймовірне, коли доводиться розбиратия з усіма деталями численних галузей науки і давати раду зі специфічним стилем письма.
Подруге, український перекладроку, який я читав торік, був зроблений з російського, і той російський має купу неточностей та ще більшу купу скорочень. Їх там так багато, що іноді здається, що всім російським виданням більше пасувала б назва "Витяги зі Щоденника Скотта".
Зокрема, на форзаці кожного тому Скотт цитує з пам'яті інших авторів, при тому кожна цитата пасує під настрій і події відповідного періоду експедиції.
Наприклад, наприкінці одноо томів щоденника він цитує есей Стівенсона:
Ніхто й ніколи не говорить про краєвиди довше двох хвилин, що наводить мене на думку, що в літературі їх занадто багато. Погода це взагалі самісінький надир, насмішка над розмовою.
А справа в тому, що в Щоденнику дуже багато пейзажів і нестерпно багато записів про погоду. Але читаючи Щоденник у будьякому з російських перекладів, ви про цю іронію не дізнаєтесь, бо у всіх них чомусь вирішили Скоттові епіграфи просто випустити, ніби вони геть не важливі.
Але це ж всетаки Щоденник, а не спогади. Скотт зовсім не париться зв'язністю оповіді, часто перескакує з п'ятого на десяте, іноді сам собі суперечить. Читати буде непросто, але це буде текст, максимально близький до оригіналу.
Перекладаючи останній розділ, ударився у страшну прокрастинацію. Просто не хотів, щоб їхня історія закінчувалась. Навіть двадцятого березня ще є шанси. Всьогомиль до складу. Два переходи. Трошки. Але ж ти знаєш, що, як і минулого разу, вони не дійдуть. І не хочеш доводити до цього моменту.
Але вибору нема. Роботу треба закінчувати. І цією я дуже задоволений. Ще попереду переклад додаткових матеріалів, кілька етапів редагування тексту і ще купа дрібниць. Але основна частина, на яку пішло без малогомісяців, уже позаду.
Аж не віриться. .