Oxford Bookworms Library: The Coldest Place on Earth: Level 1: 400-Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 1)

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary. In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never returned home. This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of their famous and dangerous race. "In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never returned to their homes again. This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of one of the most famous and dangerous races in history."--Jacket In the summer of 1910 began a race, to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova. Five days later, another ship with Amundsen, a Norwegian, also began to travel south in a long and hard journey over the ice. This is the story of one of the most dangerous races in history. 00.jpg 1 01.jpg 2 02.jpg 3 03.jpg 4 04.jpg 5 05.jpg 6 06.jpg 7 07.jpg 8 08.jpg 9 09.jpg 10 10.jpg 11 11.jpg 12 12.jpg 13 13.jpg 14 14.jpg 15 15.jpg 16 16.jpg 17 17.jpg 18 18.jpg 19 19.jpg 20 20.jpg 21 21.jpg 22 22.jpg 23 23.jpg 24 24.jpg 25