Amundsen South Pole Expedition
The explorers recorded scientific data at the pole before beginning the return journey on december 17 and they safely reached their base at the bay of whales on january 25 1912.
Amundsen south pole expedition. The 1969 film the red tent tells the story of the nobile expedition and amundsen s disappearance. British novelist roald dahl was named after amundsen as was nobel prize laureate roald hoffmann. Amundsen set out with 4 companions 52 dogs and 4 sledges on october 19 1911 and after encountering good weather arrived at the south pole on december 14. 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.
The amundsen scott south pole station operated by the united states antarctic program was jointly named in honour of amundsen and his rival. 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.