Synopsis
About Francis Spufford
See more books from this AuthorSpufford, of the Guardian in London, plumbs the cultural fascination and aesthetic attraction of cold regions for British explorers, and how their romance with snow was fashioned by an evolving national sensibility, in this smartly argued, wide-ranging book.
| Read Full Review of I May Be Some Time: Ice and t...In this ardent discourse, Spufford, a British freelancer, examines the myths and symbols of ice and freezing cold that played a role in the history of legendary British polar expeditions.
| Read Full Review of I May Be Some Time: Ice and t...to pass with such companions as I have.’ Dr Wilson, according to his obituary in the Times, ‘beautifully lit up the wastes’, and Scott, in his last message, found in the tent with the three bodies, declared: ‘We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake, I do not regret this journey, wh...
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