I MAY BE SOME TIME - Faber

A cultural history of a national obsession with polar exploration and mountaineering, and a study of how the poles have been perceived, dreamed of, even desired. It sets out to show how Captain Scott's death was the culmination of a long-running national enchantment with perilous journeys. I MAY BE SOME TIME is about the poles as they have been perceived, dreamed even desired. it explores myth as myth, showing how Scott's death was the culmination to a long- running national enchantment with vast empty spaces, the beauty of untrodden snow and perilous journeys to the ends of the earth.