The South Pole; an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2
The South Pole; an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2
Translated by Arthur G. (Arthur Grosvenor) Chater
In December 1911, Roald Amundsen and five men stood at the bottom of the world, the first humans in history to reach the Geographic South Pole. This is his own account of that achievement, and it remains one of the most remarkable documents of human endurance ever written. Volume two chronicles the final push across the Antarctic barrier, the crossing of the polar plateau at bone-crushing altitudes, and the methodical execution of a plan that had been years in the making. Amundsen writes not as a romantic hero but as a master technician of exploration, detailing the sled dog teams that made it possible, the precise calculations of food and fuel, and the weather windows that meant the difference between life and death. The prose is of its era - measured, sometimes stark - but it carries an authority no biographer could replicate. This is the story of the last great geographic prize being claimed by a man who refused to fail, told in his own words.
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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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