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Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions information


Map of a segment of Antarctica, identifying the polar marches of Scott and Amundsen.
The routes to the South Pole taken by Scott (green) and Amundsen (red), 1911–1912.

Between December 1911 and January 1912, both Roald Amundsen (leading his South Pole expedition) and Robert Falcon Scott (leading the Terra Nova Expedition) reached the South Pole within five weeks of each other. But while Scott and his four companions died on the return journey, Amundsen's party managed to reach the geographic south pole first and subsequently return to their base camp at Framheim without loss of human life, suggesting that they were better prepared for the expedition. The contrasting fates of the two teams seeking the same prize at the same time invites comparison.

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Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions

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1911 and January 1912, both Roald Amundsen (leading his South Pole expedition) and Robert Falcon Scott (leading the Terra Nova Expedition) reached the South...

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Roald Amundsen

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OCLC 3657624. Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea Some sources give the date as 15 December...

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Terra Nova Expedition

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Institute at the University of Cambridge, which houses a major library of polar research. Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions Heroic Age of Antarctic...

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Northwest Passage

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by other Arctic expeditions and had a shallow draft. Amundsen intended to hug the shore, live off the limited resources of the land and sea through which...

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South Pole

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Situated on the continent of Antarctica, it is the site of the United States AmundsenScott South Pole Station, which was established in 1956 and has been...

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Japanese Antarctic Expedition

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by Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott, and has been relatively overlooked in polar history. After failing to land in its first season, the Japanese...

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Frederick Cook

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Roald Amundsen, who credited Cook with his survival in his diary of the expedition. In 1897, Cook twice visited Tierra del Fuego, where he met the English...

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Ranulph Fiennes

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attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman. He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North Pole and South Pole...

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Gjoa Haven

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tested for a match to Amundsen, nor has there been a comparison of Ikuallaq's DNA to that of other European members of Amundsen's crew. Permanent European-style...

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Ross Ice Shelf

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of the 1908 Nimrod expedition were the first humans to cross the Ice Shelf during its failed attempt to reach the South Pole. Both Roald Amundsen and...

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Dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition

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and then on to Mount Kosciuszko where they joined Zip and dogs from the expeditions of Amundsen and Scott. On the same day, Mawson presented two of the...

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Southern Ocean

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Amundsen Sea (102°20′ – 126°W) Bellingshausen Sea (57°18' – 102°20'W) Part of the Drake Passage (54° – 68°W) Bransfield Strait (54° – 62°W) Part of the...

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Erik the Red

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notable differences. The saga of Erik the Red portrays a number of the expeditions in the Greenland saga as just one expedition led by Thorfinn Karlsefni...

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Discovery Hut

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Discovery Hut was built by Robert Falcon Scott during the Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904 in 1902 and is located at Hut Point on Ross Island by McMurdo...

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Northern Sea Route

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Morten; Wergeland, Tor (2013). Shipping in Arctic Waters: A Comparison of the Northeast, Northwest and Trans Polar Passages. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16790-4...

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Rusanov expedition

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engaged the experienced navigator and oceanographer Alexander Kuchin, a veteran of Amundsen's Fram expedition, as assistant head of the expedition and as boat...

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Pole of Cold

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in winter. By comparison, the South Pole, due to its lower elevation, is, on average, 5 to 10 °C (9 to 18 °F) warmer than Vostok, and the lowest temperature...

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Atmospheric optics

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optics is "the study of the optical characteristics of the atmosphere or products of atmospheric processes .... [including] temporal and spatial resolutions...

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Brig

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Royalist Pilgrim Stavros S Niarchos and Prince William Roald Amundsen La Grace The 'Little Brigs' TS Bob Allen and TS Caroline Allen Mercedes Fryderyk...

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Transpolar Sea Route

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Morten; Wergeland, Tor (2013). Shipping in Arctic Waters: A Comparison of the Northeast, Northwest and Trans Polar Passages. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16790-4...

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Continuous track

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Scott (1908). The Sledging Problem in the Antarctic, Men versus Motors Roland Huntford (2003) Scott and Amundsen. Their Race to the South Pole. The Last...

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Denali

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successful arctic expeditions commanded both by Robert Peary and Roald Amundsen. Yet he struggled to obtain funding for his own expedition, eventually organizing...

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Northeast Passage

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Russian expedition led by Boris Vilkitskiy made the passage from east to west with the icebreakers Taymyr and Vaygach. Nordenskiöld, Nansen, Amundsen, DeLong...

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