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Amundsen screat planning
1909, Amundsen chartered the Norwegian ship Fram pretending to go on a North Pole expedition, whilst secretly planning for the South Pole instead. -
Scott's second South Pole expedition
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Amundsen set to south pole
August 9, 1910 Amundsen and his crew lft Oslo on the Fram taking 1 men, 97 huhuskies, a hut in sections and provisions for 2 years. -
Amundsen 's call
September 9, 1910, Fram dockeda Madeira in Spain and Amunsden sent a telegram to Scott that he was going to the South Pole instead.The crew were excited to be challenging Scott's team. -
Scott left for the South Pole
He left New Zealand on the Terra Nova. Three days later, they were hit by a ferocious gale. -
Scott's base camp preparations
Scott's first base camp was blocked by ice, so he had to build a new base camp. -
Amundsen reaching Antarctica
January 14, 1911 Amundsen and crew reached Antarctica. He carfully chose the Bay of Whales (Ross Ice Shelf) to set up base camp and dock his ship, as it was blocked from the wind, and had a stable shoreline. It was also 100 kms closer to the pole than Scott's base camp, but it meant going over unknown territory. -
Building
The team built the wooden hut they bought with them which they named the hut 'Framheim' (home of Fram) after their ship. During the 5 months of winter, from April to September, nine men carfully set up three different depots so that they would not have to carry extra supplies on their main expedition. -
Amundsen setting off
October 19, 1911, Amudsen's team of five men and 52 dogs set off on their race to the South Pole. They travelled the most direct route, going over anything that got in their way, and travelled 32 kms each day. -
Scott set off from base camp
The motor sleds soon broke down, and the ponies kept sinking through the snow, so they had to haul the supplies by foot for the rest of the journey. -
Amundsen Last supply Depot
November 5 they reached their last supply depot, 772 kilometres from the Pole. -
Amundsen's new supply depot
November 9, they created a new supply depot for their return journey. They had 42 dogs left to pull 4 sleds. -
Amundsen's climbing day
November 11, it took them 10 days to climbs an unexplored 3000m mountian glacier in very good weather Amundsen named them after his Norwegian Queen , Maud. At the top, they took 18 dogs to go on with them and shot the rest. -
Amundsen reaching the south pole
Friday December 14, 1911, the team reached the South Pole. It was a glorious moment for the men and Norway.They had 17 dogs and three sleds. First they set up camp, then over 3 days, they skied for 3 days in a 16km raduis from the South Pole point to makesure of the correct position. Only then did they plant the Norwegian flag. -
chose 5 men who were to go with him
The men were Edward Wilson, Lawrence Oates, Edgar Evans and Henry Bowers. Unfortunately, the supplies were planned for a four-man team. -
Scott reached the South Pole
Scott and his men reached the South Pole, only to find that Amundsen had beaten them to there. -
Amundsen's returning home
January 25th, 1912, they returnes to the Bay of Whales healthy and excited. -
Amundsen's home sweet home
March 7, 1912 they arrived in Hobart, Tasmania to announce victory. -
Oates died.
Oates thought that the men had a better chance of survival without him, so he went and killed himself. -
Scott's last diary entry
Last entry: For God's sake look after our people. -
Scott's second to last diary entry
His second to last diary read: Since the 21st we had a continuous gale WSW and SW. We had fuel to make two cups of tea apiece ad bare food for two days on the 20th. Every day we have been ready o start for our depot 11 miles way, but outside the door of the tent it remains a scene of whirling drift. I do not think we can for any better thing now. We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far.
