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

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Table of Contents

The First Account

Introduction

Chapter

  1. The History of the South Pole
  2. Plan and Preparations
  3. On the Way to the South
  4. From Madeira to the Barrier
  5. On the Barrier
  6. Depot Journeys
  7. Preparing for Winter
  8. A Day at Framheim
  9. The End of the Winter
  10. The Start for the Pole
  11. Through the Mountains
  12. At the Pole
  13. The Return to Framheim
  14. Northward
  15. The Eastern Sledge Journey
  16. The Voyage of the “Fram”, by First–Lieutenant Thorvald Nilsen

Appendix

  1. The “Fram”
  2. Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
  3. Geology
  4. The Astronomical Observations at the Pole
  5. Oceanography

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.

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