In reply to Removed User:
> The Worst Journey in the World. The definitive account of Scott's final Antarctic expedition.
Worth reading, but not really the definitive account of Scott's expedition. The worst journey of the title is an expedition that Cherry-Garrard and companions undertook to recover Emperor Penguin eggs from a remote location in an Antarctic winter. It was a remarkable tale of survival.
In a similar vein, David Roberts' Alone on the Ice tells of Douglas Mawson's epic expedition 1911/12 expeditions, and is another remarkable tale of survival.
Both books give fascinating insights not just into the hardships of polar expeditions, but into the ways in which the class system and societal hierarchies remained in place, even under the most trying of circumstances.
Another interesting take on Scott's last expedition is Roland Huntford's Race for the South Pole, which places diary entries from Scott and Amundsen's parties together in an attempt to demonstrate why Amundsen succeeded and Scott failed. Huntford is of course known to be highly critical of Scott, so anyone who wishes an unblemished picture of Scott should avoid this, but the diary entries themselves tell a fascinating story.