The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2
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At last we got away, on October 19. The weather for the past few days had not been altogether reliable; now windy, now calm - now snowing, now clear: regular spring weather, in other words... With this matter of fact sentence begins one of the most famous journeys in all exploration - Amundsen's conquest of the South Pole. The details of the tragic race with Scott are well known, but often forgotten is the sheer professionalism and courage which drove the Norwegian expedition on. Unlike the driven and tortured egos which bedeviled the British expeditions, the Norwegians worked purposefully as ...
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- The South Pole
- An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910 -- 1912 By Roald Amundsen
- Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater To My Comrades, The Brave Little Band That Promised In Funchal Roads To Stand by Me in the Struggle for the South Pole, I Dedicate this Book. Roald Amundsen. Uranienborg, August 15, 1912.
- Chapter
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps and Charts
- The First Account
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I: The History of the South Pole[2]
- CHAPTER II: Plan and Preparations
- CHAPTER III: On the Way to the South
- CHAPTER IV: From Madeira to the Barrier
- CHAPTER VI: Depot Journeys
- CHAPTER VII: Preparing for Winter
- CHAPTER VIII: A Day at Framheim
- CHAPTER IX: The End of the Winter
- CHAPTER X: The Start for the Pole
- CHAPTER XI: Through the Mountains
- CHAPTER XII: At the Pole
- CHAPTER XIII: The Return to Framheim
- CHAPTER XIV: Northward
- CHAPTER XV: The Eastern Sledge Journey
- CHAPTER XVI: The Voyage of the "Fram"
- APPENDIX I: The "Fram"
- APPENDIX II: Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
- APPENDIX III: Geology
- APPENDIX IV: The Astronomical Observations at the Pole
- APPENDIX V: Oceanography
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