J. M. Scott

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Polar explorer and author. This description is derived from chapter 5 of "The Watkins Boys" by Simon Courtauld, published by Michael Russell of Norwich in 2010, and from British Polar Exploration and Research, by N.R.Poulsom and J.A.L.Myres, published by Savannah Publications in 2000. James Maurice Scott was the son of a lawyer who grew up on the Island of Mull, went to Fettes School and read natural sciences at Clare College Cambridge, where he also obtained a rugby blue and met Gino Watkins. In 1928 the pair went to Labrador to explore and map a wild inland area, travelling on foot, by canoe, and with dog teams. Watkins then organised the British Arctic Air Route Expediton of 1930-31 for which Jamie bought the dogs in West Greenland. Watkins drowned on his second trip to Greenland in August, 1932. Jamie married Gino's sister Pam in 1933 and published a biography of Gino in 1935. During World War Two, Scott was engaged in irregular warfare. Scott published the first of more than twenty books in 1935 and spent nearly thirty years working for the Daily Telegraph. In retirement he was a keen gardener; at the age of seventy-nine he fell from an apple tree and suffered a fatal heart attack.

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Pasture Production and Management
Representative edition published 1998
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The private life of polar exploration
Representative edition published 1982
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Red hair and moonwater
Representative edition published 1980
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Desperate journey
Representative edition published 1977
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Icebound
Representative edition published 1977
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Boadicea
Representative edition published 1975
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A journey of many sleeps
Representative edition published 1975
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Sea-Wyf and Biscuit
Representative edition published 1975
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A walk along the Apennines
Representative edition published 1973
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Hudson of Hudson's Bay
Representative edition published 1973
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Michael Anonymous
Representative edition published 1971
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The white poppy
Representative edition published 1969
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In a beautiful pea-green boat
Representative edition published 1969
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George Sand, (Women who made history)
Representative edition published 1969
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The great tea venture
Representative edition published 1965
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The book of Pall Mall
Representative edition published 1965
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A choice of heaven
Representative edition published 1960
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A choice of heaven
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Sea-Wyf
Representative edition published 1956
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The other half of the orange
Representative edition published 1955
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Gino Watkins
Representative edition published 1935
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Gino Watkins
Representative edition published 1935
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The land that God gave Cain
Representative edition published 1933
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The man who made wine
Representative edition published 1996
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