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266 “An Antarctic blizzard”: Coldest 19
290 “One can only say”: Coldest 237; SLE 426
297 “Death-traps in your path”: Coldest 33; Evans 25–26
301 “The light rippled snow”: Coldest 266
348 “In all the years”: Coldest 315
348 “My right foot has gone”: SLE 431
349–50 “Since the 21st we have”: SLE 432
350, 351 “For God’s sake look”: SLE 432
351 “reciting the theory an expert”: Coldest 327
352 “Cherry-Garrard … drove a dog team”: Coldest 252–254; Worst 496
352 “Cherry-Garrard was a rich man”: Worst xxiv
353 “His trip to find Scott”: Coldest 252, 253
353 “Cherry-Garrard wore glasses”: Worst 431
372 “If the frostbite is”: Coldest 148, Debenham 31
372 “the hardest traveller that ever”: Coldest 148–149; SLE 265
376 “I would have trusted Birdie”: Coldest 149; GCS
377 “I watched my companions’ faces”: Cherry 129
386 “There was a grace about”: Worst 302 406 “These days are with one”: Coldest 70, Wilson 2
413 “Survival is no child’s game”: HRB 1911; Coldest 291
Bibliography
Cherry Wheeler, Sara. Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard. New York: Random House, 2002.
Coldest Solomon, Susan. The Coldest March: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
Debenham Debenham, Frank. In the Antarctic: Stories of Scott’s Last Expedition. Banham, U.K.: Erskine Press, Norfolk NR16 2HW and London: John Murray, 1952.
Evans Evans, Edward R.G.R. “Rise and Shine in the Antarctic.” Cambridge, U.K.: Scott Polar Research Institute, 1959.
GCS Simpson, G. C. Text of a lecture given in Simla, India, in 1914. Collection of Simpson Letters and Papers, National Meteorological Library and Archives, National Meteorological Office, Exeter, U.K.
HRB 1911 H. R. Bowers. Letter to E. Bowers, October 27, 1911. Archives, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, U.K.
HRB 1912 ———. Letter to May Bowers, January 18, 1912. Archives, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Lashly Lashly, William. The Diary of W. Lashly. Reading, U.K.: Reading University Department of Fine Art, 1939.
SLE Scott, Robert Falcon. Scott’s Last Expedition—The Journals. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1996. First published as Scott’s Last Expedition: Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O. 2 vols. London: Smith, Elder, 1914.
Wilson 1 Wilson, E. A. Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic Regions, 1901–1904. London: Blandford, 1972. Orion Books, U.K.
Wilson 2 ———. Diary of the Terra Nova Expediton to the Antarctic, 1910–1912. London: Blandford, 1972. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Worst Cherry-Garrard, A. The Worst Journey in the World. London: Constable, 1922; New York: Carroll & Graf, 1997.
Acknowledgments
Carol Bennett, Dean Burkhardt, Franci Crane, Jill Jewett, Elena Marks, Gail Gross, Ellen Susman, and Michael Zilkha have read and helped me with countless drafts of many manuscripts, and I will always be grateful. My book group, composed of Sarah Cortez, Bettie Carrell, and Rachel Weissenstein, has been a constant source of encouragement and wisdom. I appreciate the friendship and professional editing of Amy Storrow, Emily Hanlon, Gail Storey, and Nora Shire. But for the patience of my husband, Bill White, I would not have stuck with writing. Thanks to my mother, Patsi Ferguson, for reading a yet unpublished novel. Thanks to Gar Bering for technical help.
Chas Jhin, Andy Marks, Craig Smyser, and Stephen, Elena, and Will White were my most faithful young readers. Thanks to Colton Bay, Winston Chang, Brent Doctor, Ashley Helm, Drew Jackson, Meghan Lewis, Salima and Shamsa Mangalji, John and Patrick Scully, Georgiana and Claire Smyser, Colleen Thurman, Sam Wilburn, and Daniel Zilkha, who also read my book and gave me valuable feedback. Finally—and most important—thanks to Marni Hettena and her fourth-grade class—Alex Bennett, Sam Bursten, Ryan Cooper, Dominique Dawley, Thomas Deskin, Julia Eads, Madison Feanny, Will Flanders, Graham Gaylor, Marion Hayes, Evan Henke, Michael Kumpas, Taylor Mattingly, Bruce Veyna, Stephen White, Elizabeth Wright, and Jeffrey Zuspan. You believed in me as a writer before I believed in myself.
After nine years of hard work, Ann Tobias, my agent, was an unexpected and wonderful gift to me. Sally Doherty, my editor, vastly improved the book with her many thoughtful comments. It takes a village to publish a first book, and I thank mine.
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Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Gerrard
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Letter to E. Bowers, October 27, 1911, and Letter to May Bowers, January 18, 1912
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Archives
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The Coldest March: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition
By Susan Solomon
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Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic Regions, 1901–1904
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Diary of the Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 1910–1912
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The Diary of William Lashly (1939)
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In the Antarctic: Stories of Scott’s Last Expedition
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Rise and Shine in the Antarctic
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Scott’s Last Expedition—The Journals
By Robert Falcon Scott
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Simpson, G. C., Letters and Papers
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The Worst Journey in the World
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Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083
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White, Andrea.
Surviving Antarctica: reality TV 2083 / by Andrea White.— 1st ed.
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Summary: In the year 2083, five fourteen-year-olds who were deprived by chance of the opportunity to continue their educations reenact Scott’s 1910–1913 expedition to the South Pole as contestants on a reality television show, secretly aided by a Department of Entertainment employee.
ISBN-10: 0-06-055456-8 (pbk.) — ISBN-1
3: 978-0-06-055456-9 (pbk.)
[1. Survival—Fiction. 2. Television programs—Fiction. 3. Education—
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