Amundsen's South Pole Dash Ends With Flag on King Haakon VII Plateau
Roald Amundsen recounts the 1911 12 expedition from depots along the Barrier to the pole on December 14 1911. The team established depots from 80 to 89 degrees south, fought brutal weather and kept dogs, then planted the Norwegian colors and named the site Polheim, noting routes to King Edward VII Land and Queen Maud's Range discoveries.
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Pole
Eady
Edward VII
Victoria Land
Ernest Shackleton
Beardmore
Ross Barrier
Edward V H. Land
Framheim
Axel Heiberg
Fridtjof Nangen
Don Pedro Christophersen
Sfelmer Hansen
Oscar Wistine
Sverre Hassel
Shackleton
Haakon VII
South Pole
King
Antarctic
Queen Maud’s Range
King Edward VII
Land
Lieut
Prestud
Scott
Fram
Bay of Whales
Amundsen’s long dispatch traced from Hobart to New York
Capt Amundsen sent a detailed message about his Fram voyage. The dispatch traveled from Hobart to Sydney by state telegraph, then via Pacific Cable Board to Bamfield Vancouver using automatic curb system, converted to Morse in Bamfield, relayed through Canada to Montreal, then Commercial Cable to London Chronicle and Western Union to The New York Times.
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London
Amundsen
Fram
Hobart
Sydney
Australian State Telegraph Department
Pacific Cable Board
Bamfield
Van’couver
Lord’ Kelvin
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Commercial Cable Company
London Chronicle
Western Union
New York Times
King Haakon Receives Amundsen Pole Expedition Telegram
King Haakon and Queen Alexandra send cordial congratulations after Leon Amundsen delivers the telegram announcing the South Pole achievement. The monarch attends Sandviken maneuvers as he receives the message from Roald Amundsen's brother on board the Fram. Kings George and Frederick also telegraphed felicitations.
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Christiania
Roald Amundsen
Leon
South Pole
Haakon
Sandviken
King Haakon
Capt
Amundsen
George
Great Britain
Frederick
Denmark
Amundsen Aims For North Pole After South Pole
London March 9. Captain Amundsen seeks the north pole as his next goal after reaching the south pole. C A Bang, Amundsen’s friend and Heinmann manager, says the explorer will mortgage all he has to fund the Antarctic expedition with help from his father and Nansen.
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Amundsen
London
C. A. Bang
Heinmann Publishing House
North Pole
Bang
Nansen
Amundsen Denies Telegrahic Word on Scott Expedition
Hobart Tasmania March 9 Captain Roald Amundsen denies sending any telegram about Captain Robert Scott. Amundsen remains the only Fram crew member to have landed from the vessel, with strict orders barring anyone from boarding under any pretext.
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Scott
Hobart
Tasmania
Roald Amundsen
Robert Scott
Amundsen
Fram
Amundsen Sloop Gion Captivates San Francisco Crowd
The sloop Gion, used by Capt Amundsen to navigate the Northwest Passage, drew unusual interest in San Francisco on March 9. The Utile ship was also at Golden Gate Park.
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Amundsen
San Francisco
Northwest Passage
Golden Gate Park
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Capt. Amundsen
Limes Co
Lux
Rose Mouont
Ole Englstad
Underwood & Underwood
Pacific
Atlantic
New York
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