![]() ![]() ![]() Scott's and Amundsen's expeditions were both now heading for the South Pole in 1911. When he received the news that the British polar explorer Scott was already on his way to the South Pole, Amundsen changed his plans and set his sights on arriving there before him. The Norwegian explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872 - 1928) left Norway in June 1910 on the ship Fram. First English edition first published in Kristiania in 1912: Sydpolen: den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med 'Fram' 1910-1912. With 24 maps and charts (some folding) and 94 photographic plates. Original decorated red cloth with the Norwegian flag on covers, spines lettered in gilt, uncut, top edges gilt. An account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-1912. Shacketon legendary Antarctic expedition. Shackletons legendarische expeditie naar de Zuidpool. ![]()
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