FLIGHT OF THE FALCON: SCOTT'S JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH POLE 1910-1912. Wainwright, J.A. Oakville (Ont.), Mosaic Press, 1987. 152pp. paper, $12.95, ISBN 0-88962-355-4. CIP Grades 12 and up Reviewed by Pat Bolger Volume 16 Number 3 1988 May This unusual work creates a provocative vision of Scott's doomed expedition out of fragments: quotations from Scott's official journals, photographs and sketches by members of the group, and excerpts from a more recent history of Antarctic exploration. Wainwright binds these elements together with his own counterpart journal entries, which are printed at the bottom of the page below the official version. His entries, usually as terse as Scott's, often allow time to function on parallel planes: The Wright brothers flew while we marched. Once a 747 crumpled into Erebus on a clear day. The only trace of Amundsen was the float from a seaplane in 1928. Twenty poems interspersed in the text can be read together to form another narrative of the expedition. The photographs are especially poignant: one shows expedition members enjoying a festive dinner at base camp with the extensive menu reprinted below, and echoes in the mind as the last survivors succumb to cold and starvation. Irony is basic to Wainwright's vision: Scott was thinking of survivors when he called it the worst journey in the world Most readers will need background information, which can be located in a useful map and summary of Scott's life in an afterword. The book is nicely produced, with an eye-catching white-on-black cover. Like his subject, Wainwright is exploring new territory, and his book will be compelling reading for adults who like poetry (and probably for some who don't), and for mature teenagers who are interested in its theme of survival. Pat Bolger, Renfrew Collegiate Institute. Renfrew, Ont.