Arctic, March 1st, 2001
ROALD AMUNDSEN'S BELGICA DIARY: THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC.
Edited by HUGO DECLEIR. Bluntisham, Huntingdon: Bluntisham Books, 1999. ISBN 1 85297 058 8. 208 p., 8 maps, 8 b&w photographs, 25 line drawings, 5 sketches. Hardbound. [pound]24.95; US$45.00.
Priority, the act of being the first to carry out an action or process, exercises a powerful hold over the imagination. It is a pan-cultural obsession that crosses all sorts of geographical, linguistic, and political boundaries. Yet, the act of being first is, arguably, rather overrated. It seems something of an error of...
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