The South Pole; an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2
The South Pole; an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2
Translated by Arthur G. (Arthur Grosvenor) Chater
Here is the definitive account of the greatest journey ever made. Roald Amundsen and his crew aboard the Fram didn't just reach the South Pole - they conquered it with a precision that borders on the surgical, arriving thirty-four days before Scott's doomed party. This is that story, told in the explorer's own meticulous voice: the eighteen months of waiting in the Antarctic ice, the establishing of supply depots across miles of forbidding terrain, the training of sledge dogs that would become legend, and the final punishing march to 90° South. Amundsen writes without sentimentality but with an urgency that makes the reader feel the crack of the whip, the bite of the wind, the terrible beauty of the polar plateau. What emerges is both a practical manual of polar survival and a testament to what human will can accomplish when preparation meets opportunity. The book remains essential reading not because it celebrates heroism, but because it documents the quiet, relentless competence that actually makes heroism possible.
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“A hero, in his mind, was not someone who suffered disaster after disaster, heroically pulling through with great endurance, but rather one who focused his intelligence and skills to avoid disaster, thus succeeding by good planning and crafty decision making.””
— Roald Amundsen
“Although I have had offers of wireless installation for the Fram,” he said in one rambling interview, “that also I declined. I don’t care for it. It is very much better to be without news when you cannot be where the news comes from. We are always more contented if we get no news. A good book we like, we explorers. That is our best amusement and our best time killer.””
— Roald Amundsen
“Gjøa was later presented as a gift to the city of San Francisco, remaining on display in Golden Gate Park until 1972, when it was returned to Norway. It now resides in Oslo harbour, next to two other famous Norwegian ships, Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram and Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki.””
— Roald Amundsen
“Amundsen slept with his window wide open at night even in the winter, claiming to his mother that he loved fresh air, but really “it was a part of my hardening process.” He organized small expeditions for himself and a few friends, such as overnight treks on skis under a star-studded sky, enlivened by the otherworldly swirling of the aurora borealis, into the winter wilds to improve his toughness.””
— Roald Amundsen
“It wasn’t Amundsen’s job to make his men happy, but to lead them to victory, alive.””
— Roald Amundsen
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