Winter on the Ice Barrier and Dog Provisions
The account notes reaching 78 degrees 41 minutes south latitude as winter neared. It records 6,000 kilos of seal meat in depots for 110 dogs, eight dog houses fuel huts, and a snow‑covered hut used after tending the dogs. The Lux lamp powered 20 standards as light and air were restored in mid April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Éldder
Helmar Hansen
Oscar Wisting
Verre Hassel
Olav Hjanland
Mount
Nielsen
First Man of the South Pole Abenteuer Memoir
An account of a wintering at the polar hut on the barrier with extensive meteorological data and a southward march. The crew describes shelter, temperatures from minus 88 to minus 20 Celsius, dogs, sledges, depots, and a climb of 2,000 to 5,000 feet amid crevasses with Fram helm wintering and a later ascent toward 85 degrees south.
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Victoria Land
Ernest Shackleton
Beardmore
Axel Helberg
Fridtjot Nansen
Don Pedro Christophersen
Ole Englsted
Pole Attained At King Haakon VII Plateau In Antarctic Expedition
Roald Amundsen and party describe reaching the South Pole on December 14 with 3 p.m. halt, planting the pole colors on the King Haakon VII plateau. They detail harsh terrain, ascent to 10,750 feet, 25 km daily progress, and the return to Framheim by January 25 1912 with 11 dogs and two sledges. The narrative confirms close pole observation and notes broader discoveries across Victoria Land and adjacent mountains.
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King Haakon
Haakon VII
Ross Barrier
Vietory
Edward Villand
Antarctic
Raward VII
Prestid
Scott
Whales
Barrier Dome
King Edward VII
Victoria Land
Fram
Bay of Whales
Fortier
Roald AM
Dan
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Mundsen
South Pole
King
Edward VII
Framhelm
la Stude
Verer
Dee
Lorhar
South’ Pole
Amundsen
Rodnet X. Scott
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