The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 1910-1912

by Amundsen, Roald E.

• ISBN13: 9780815411277
• ISBN10: 0815411278
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Roals Amundsen (1872-1928), the foremost polar explorer, records his race to be the first man to reach the South Pole.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps	ix
Introduction	xvii
Roland Huntford
Foreword	xxvii
Fridtjof Nansen
The First Account	xxxvii
Roald Amundsen
VOLUME I
The History of the South Pole	1	(41)
Plans and Preparations	42	(48)
On the Way to the South	90	(36)
From Madeira to the Barrier	126	(43)
On the Barrier	169	(37)
Depot Journeys	206	(53)
Preparing for Winter	259	(24)
A Day at Framheim	283	(63)
The End of the Winter	346
VOLUME II
The Start for the Pole	1	(40)
Through the Mountains	41	(66)
At the Pole	107	(28)
The Return to Framheim	135	(41)
Northward	176	(28)
The Eastern Sledge Journey	204	(76)
The Voyage of the Fram	280	(76)
First-Lieutenant Thorvald Nilsen
From Norway to the Barrier	280	(10)
Off the Barrier	290	(4)
From the Bay of Whales to Buenos Aires	294	(22)
The Oceanographical Cruise	316	(12)
At Buenos Aires	328	(3)
From Buenos Aires to the Ross Barrier	331	(19)
From the Barrier to Buenos Aires, Via Hobart	350	(6)
Appendix I. The Fram	356	(16)
Commodore Christian Bloom
Appendix II. Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim	372	(13)
B. J. Birkeland
Appendix III. Geology	385	(14)
J. Schetelig
Appendix IV. The Astronomical Observations at the Pole	399	(5)
A. Alexander
Professor H. Geelmuyden
Appendix V. Oceanography	404	(35)
Professors Bjorn Hellen-Hansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Index	439