Sara Wheeler

The heartbreak left in the wake of the Terra Nova

Katherine MacInnes examines the lives of the five women who suffered most as a result of Captain Scott’s doomed polar expedition

Captain Scott’s widow Kathleen, photographed in 1913. Her ability as a sculptor is the only thing that makes her remotely likeable. [Getty Images]
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  • Snow Widows: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind

    Katherine MacInnes

    William Collins, pp. 484, £20

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