Amundsen Tent
Amundsen renamed the antarctic plateau as king haakon vii s plateau.
Amundsen tent. They left a small tent and letter stating their accomplishment in case they did not return safely to framheim. This means that leahy was referring to his earlier serial in in amundsen s tent the common thread that ties the 1952 printing of drome the living death and amundsen s tent together is that zandara the footnoted title mentioned in drome is the name of a character in the living death. After they departed only the norwegian flag was left for the winter. In amundsen s tent john martin leahy inside the tent in a little bag i left a letter addressed to h m the king giving information of what he sic had accomplished.
The tent was a special lightweight aerodynamic design invented by the american polar explorer dr. It first appeared in weird tales in january 1928. Frederick cook while with amundsen on the belgica expedition the first to winter in antarctica in 1898. Highly reminiscent of the thing the tale tells of a horrifying discovery in the wilds of antarctica.
Besides this letter i wrote a short epistle to captain scott who i assumed would be the first to find the tent captain amundsen. Photogravure after a sketch by dr edward a wilson while it was blowing very cold minus 22 degrees. In the tent amundsen left equipment for scott and a letter addressed to king haakon which he requested scott to deliver. Highly reminiscent of the thing the tale tells of a horrifying.
Amundsen was determined to return to civilisation before scott and be first with the news. The south pole on the day of departure. The photo at the top of this page is presumably a provided expedition photo which appeared in the june 1992 antarctic the journal of the new zealand antarctic society. Amundsen brought the tent as an emergency spare in case his party had to split up.
The team arrived at framheim on 25 january 1912 with 11 surviving dogs. Despite the low yearly precipitation the extra tent amundsen left behind is believed to be at about 15 18 metres depth. Amundsen s tent at the south pole 18 january 1912 1913. In amundsen s tent by john martin leahy released 11 may 2018 1.
In amundsen s tent is a short story by american writer john martin leahy. Amundsen hanssen hassel and wisting at the tent which now lies doubly protected by both ice and regulations. On 18 december the party began the journey back to framheim. It first appeared in weird tales in january 1928.