by George Belden
Review:
I am not really sure what to make of this work, yet I have found myself thinking about George Belden for the past two days. Who is this Mr. Belden? We know from the Editor's Forward, what he is not, but really who is he? I decided to do a little research after reading this collection of stories and found myself still in a state of wonder. Below are some sites that I found semi helpful and I highly suggest you check them out if you are interested in the solving mystery behind Land of the Snow Men. The writing style reminded me slightly of Jack London and Jon Krakauer. If you read this book in bed, you are destined to pull the covers up to your neck and shiver with uncertainty. Enjoy this one with a cup of cocoa!Land of the Snow Men is a collection of visionary stories and renderings taken from the journals of the enigmatic George Belden, who claimed to be on the tragic expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott to reach the South Pole in 1910-12.
taken from: http://www.calamaripress.com/
Excerpt
"Little is known about George Belden. One thing is certain, however; he was not in Antarctica at the time of Scott’s 1910-12 expedition to the Pole, but the year after the disaster. His name does not appear on the list of passengers and crew aboard Terra Nova, nor is it mentioned by Scott in his journal or in any other known to have been kept by a member of the tragic enterprise. Belden’s own journal, purporting to be that of a witness to the misadventure, is clearly an invention…#8221;one which became increasingly whimsical and hallucinatory. His extraordinary account of having been with Scott, Wilson, and Bowers when they perished on the Barrier Ice and his fantastic depiction of the trolley-car hearse, which transported Scott up into Mt. Terror, must be understood as an attempt by Belden to forge a modern myth of the hero."
sites to visit:
Robert Falcon Scott - Conservapedia
University of New South Wales - - Scott and the race to the South ...
Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Race to the Pole, by Ranulph Fiennes ...
