Grim tale of Franklin’s frozen food
The concept of the noble failure is deeply embedded in our psyches. Even today, Captain Robert Falcon Scott is viewed as a greater hero for his disastrous expedition to the South Pole than Norwegian Roald Amundsen - who competently (and with no loss
Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Navigation
By Andrew Lambert
Faber & Faber, €24
The concept of the noble failure is deeply embedded in our psyches. Even today, Captain Robert Falcon Scott is viewed as a greater hero for his disastrous expedition to the South Pole than Norwegian Roald Amundsen - who competently (and with no loss of life) beat him in the race to reach it.
However, no Victorian public figure was ever ...