Roland Huntford

Roland Huntford is the world's foremost authority on the polar expeditions and their protagonists. He is the author of the award-winning Two Planks and a Passion: the Dramatic History of Skiing, Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth and Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen. He was the Scandinavian correspondent on The Observer for many years.

Roland Huntford is the world's foremost authority on the polar expeditions and their protagonists. He is the author of the award-winning Two Planks and a Passion: the Dramatic History of Skiing, Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth and Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen. He was the Scandinavian correspondent on The Observer for many years. See less