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Amundsen’s route
Amundsen’s route to the South Pole, in red [image via raska.co.uk]
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Amundsen reaches the South Pole
Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole on 14 December 1911. “Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting (l–r) at “Polheim”, the tent was upright at the South Pole on 16 December 1911. The top flag is … Continue reading
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Crucial adjustments
Olav Bjaaland shaving off 2/3 of the sledges’ weight without compromising their sturdiness; Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition, 1910-12. “[Oscar] Wisting is sitting in the Great Ice Barrier and sewing tents on his Singer—in +14°…He is sewing new, light groundsheets in … Continue reading
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Amundsen in his hut
Amundsen in his hut, 1911 [image via artofmanliness.com]
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Man-hauling
Scott and the Terra Nova polar party, man-hauling, 1911-12 [image via artofmanliness.com]
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Scott of the Antarctic
Robert Falcon Scott and the Terra Nova shore party, 1911 [image via artofmanliness.com]
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Tabard Cigarette Company
Tabard cigarette tin, price realized: £1,076 on 25 September 2002, Christie’s London. From the auction catalog description: “The ‘Tabard’ Cigarette & Tobacco Co. Ltd.’ a ‘Tabard’ cigarette tin, 5¼in. (13.3cm.) long, containing Shackleton’s petty cash, the majority South American small … Continue reading
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He who goes first into the fray
— F. S. Welhaven, 1807-1873, Norwegian: Protesilaos (1839-45).
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The Heart of the Antarctic
FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 4 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE SHORE PARTY. Price realized: £15,000 Christie’s London, 15 October 2009
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A command of vivid, forceful English
“If I said that any chapter was simply the transcription of notes taken down from Shackleton’s dictation, I should be telling an untruth. If I said that any chapter was entirely mine, I should be telling an untruth. My work … Continue reading
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Shackleton. 