An Epic Story Undermined by a Bogus Intimacy
The biographer of three widows of polar explorers is dealing with an elusive sphere of history, and using speculation in an attempt to get inside only diminishes its poignancy.

‘Widows of the Ice: The Women That Scott’s Antarctic Expedition Left Behind’
By Anne Fletcher
Amberley Publishing, 288 pages
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