p. 65, re Scott’s Northern Party: Levick used to read aloud in the evening, first a chapter a night of David Copperfield, then the Life of Stevenson, then Simon the Jester [William Locke novel]. That was their library, and thus rationed lasted them about half way through the winter…. On Sunday nights they sang with a religious bias.
The Private Life of Polar Exploration.
Scott, James Maurice. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1982.
- Arctic Reading: General
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The Private Life of Polar Exploration.
Scott, James Maurice. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1982.
- Antarctic Reading: General
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p. 65, re Scott’s Northern Party: Levick used to read aloud in the evening, first a chapter a night of David Copperfield, then the Life of Stevenson, then Simon the Jester [William Locke novel]. That was their library, and thus rationed lasted them about half way through the winter…. On Sunday nights they sang with a religious bias.