Huntford

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Robert F. Brands: Innovation + Best Practices Win Race to South Pole - and Business Improvement Robert F. Brands 2011

Amundsen prepared for as many contingencies as he could; Scott, as on an earlier expedition, assumed the best and left little in reserve for emergencies Huntford, 1984.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Amundsen prepared for as many contingencies as he could; Scott, as on an earlier expedition, assumed the best and left little in reserve for emergencies Huntford, 1984.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

In the thorough biography of Nansen he published in 1996, Roland Huntford concluded that "Nansen is among the few really worthy winners of the Peace Prize, although he is probably the one who spent the shortest time earning it".

Fridtjof Nansen: Scientist and Humanitarian 2001

Nobody had criticized Scott before, and Huntford did so comprehensively.

Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

It is a pity that Huntford was quite so obsessed with the destruction of the legend, for if he had reined in his prejudices he could have produced a masterpiece.

Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

Others had pressed Huntford on these same points, and in October 1979 he was obliged to admit on national television that his description of Scott staring at Oates in the tent at the end to try to force him to his death was based on inhuihon.

Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

According to Huntford, he used science only as an excuse to participate in the race, unlike Amundsen "who did not stoop to use science as an agent of prestige."

Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

Roland Huntford, Scott's most persuasive debunker, is not even mentioned.

NYT > Home Page By ROBERT R. HARRIS 2011

Opinions contrast greatly on the captain, with author Roland Huntford openly describing him a "a failure with a serious weakness in leadership skills", while explorer Ranulph Fiennes believes he was a "brilliant bloke" who would have made more significant journeys had he lived.

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