With martin shaw sverre anker ousdal stephen moore stale bjornhaug scott vs amundsen it wasnt meant to be a race but race it becomes as the world awaits news of the first to reach the pole what follows is a tale of heroism foolhardiness selflessness and self delusion in a land where victory must be secondary to survival. The last place on earth is a 1985 central television seven part serial written by trevor griffiths based on the book scott and amundsen by roland huntford. The last place on earth is a complex and fascinating account of the race for this last great terrestrial goal and its pointedly geared toward demythologizing scott though this was the age of the amateur explorer amundsen was a professional he left little to chance apprenticed with eskimos and obsessed over every detail. The last place on earth is the first of huntfords masterly trilogy of polar biographies it is also the only work on the subject in the english language based on the original norwegian sources to which huntford returned to revise and update this edition. The last place on earth scott and amundsens race to the south pole exploration