1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica Audiobook (Free)

1912 was an incredible 12 months, marking the elevation from the Heroic Age group of Exploration. Fascination with Antarctica was at fever pitch, and between 1910 and 1914 five groups of intrepid explorers embarked on the greatest race from the era, to travel beyond the sides of the known globe and overcome this last great frontier.

Pitted against one another were Captain Robert Falcon Scott for Britain, Roald Amundsen for Norway, Sir Douglas Mawson for Australasia, Wilhelm Filchner for Germany and Nobu Shirase for about 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica Japan. ‘Conquest of the South Pole!’ trumpeted the world’s papers in March 1912. Amundsen had gained. But behind all of the headlines, there is a much larger story.

The exploits of the larger-than-life explorers, often narrated within their own words, thrilled and enthralled the world; the restricts of our planet were pushed all the way south Pole and the entranceway to Antarctica flung wide open. Drawing on his own polar experiences, Chris Turney reveals why 1912 observed the dawn of a new age inside our understanding of the natural world. The stories of endurance, self-sacrifice and technological innovation that proclaimed 1912 laid the foundation for modern technological exploration and have continuing to inspire upcoming generations.

1912 can be an awe-inspiring journey – part nail-biting adventure, component scientific background – via an ancient and fascinating property.

Includes a PDF of photos from these Antarctic expeditions.