Antarctic Navigation (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Arthur
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1962-1990
- Setting: Colorado, New Zealand, and Antarctica
- Principal Characters: Morgan Lamont, Colin Lamont, Dr. Jim Rankin, Josephine Lamont Rankin, William Lamont, Wilbur Coville, Robert Falcon Scott, Winnie Blaise, John Brutus Carnady
- Genres: Long fiction, Autobiographical fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Fathers, Adventure, Heroes or heroism, Explorers, Antarctica
- Locales: Colorado, New Zealand, Antarctica
The most effective writing in this lengthy, multifaceted book comes in Elizabeth Arthur’s descriptions of the fatal Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott, the English naval officer who raced the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen to the South Pole between October 24, 1911, and January 18, 1912, using motor sledges, ponies, and dog teams. Scott seems to function as a sort of idealized father figure for the heroine, and quite possibly for the author herself.
Antarctic Navigation is so intensely autobiographical that it is sometimes difficult to guess where fact leaves...
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