Emperors of the Ice by Richard Farr.

In his first book, Richard Farr looks at the disastrous 1911 Antarctic/South Pole expedition of British Captain Robert F. Scott. First, let's be clear: this is not a story with a happy ending. Told through the eyes of one of the members of the expedition, Farr brings you as close as a book can to feeling both the pull of the Antarctic and the harsh reality of polar expeditions in those days. Full of beautiful photographs that will haunt any reader who understands that many of these men never left this landscape, Emperors of the Ice is a thrilling read.