The South Pole (Complete Edition)

Оглавление

Roald Amundsen. The South Pole (Complete Edition)

The South Pole (Complete Edition)

Reading suggestions

Table of Contents

The First Account

Introduction

Chapter I. The History of the South Pole2

Chapter II. Plan and Preparations

Chapter III. On the Way to the South

Chapter IV. From Madeira to the Barrier

Chapter V. On the Barrier

Chapter VI. Depot Journeys

Chapter VII. Preparing for Winter

Chapter VIII. A Day at Framheim

Chapter IX. The End of the Winter

Chapter X. The Start for the Pole

Chapter XI. Through the Mountains

Chapter XII. At the Pole

Chapter XIII. The Return to Framheim

Chapter XIV. Northward

Chapter XV. The Eastern Sledge Journey

Chapter XVI. The Voyage of the “Fram”

From Norway to the Barrier

Off the Barrier

From the Bay of Whales to Buenos Aires

The Oceanographical Cruise

At Buenos Aires

From Buenos Aires to the Ross Barrier

From the Barrier to Buenos Aires, Via Hobart

Appendix I. The “Fram”

Appendix II. Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim

Air Temperature and Thermometers

Humidity of the Air

Precipitation

Cloudiness

Wind

The Aurora Australis

Meteorological Record from Framheim

Appendix III. Geology

Provisional Remarks on the Examination of the Geological Specimens Brought by Roald Amundsen’s South Polar Expedition from the Antarctic Continent (South Victoria Land and King Edward VII. Land). By J. Schetelig, Secretary of the Mineralogical Institute of Christiania University

Appendix IV. The Astronomical Observations at the Pole

Note by Professor H. Geelmuyden

Mr. Alexander’s Report

Appendix V. Oceanography

Remarks of the Oceanographical Investigation carried out by the “Fram” in the North Atlantic in 1910 and in the South Atlantic in 1911. By Professor Björn Helland–Hansen and Professor Fridtjof Nansen

Investigations in the North Atlantic in June and July, 1910

Investigations in the South Atlantic, June to August, 1911

Footnotes

Отрывок из книги

Roald Amundsen

Introduction

.....

On May 17 the sun disappeared, not to be seen again for seventy days. The first Antarctic night had begun. What would it bring? The Belgica was not fitted for wintering in the ice. For one thing, personal equipment was insufficient. They had to do the best they could by making clothes out of blankets, and the most extraordinary devices were contrived in the course of the winter. Necessity is the mother of invention.

On June 5 Danco died of heart-failure.

.....