1912 WAS AN INCREDIBLE YEAR, MARKING THE HEIGHT OF THE HEROIC AGE OF EXPLORATION. CURIOSITY ABOUT ANTARCTICA WAS AT FEVER PITCH, AND BETWEEN 1910 AND 1914 FIVE TEAMS OF INTREPID EXPLORERS EMBARKED ON THE GREATEST RACE OF THE ERA, TO TRAVEL BEYOND THE EDGES OF THE KNOWN WORLD AND CONQUER THIS LAST GREAT FRONTIER. PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER WERE CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT FOR BRITAIN, ROALD AMUNDSEN FOR NORWAY, SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON FOR AUSTRALASIA, WILHELM...