Roald Amundsen calculating his position, South Pole 1911
How the members of Roald Amundsen's Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 calculated their position, using a sextant and an artificial horizon; South Pole, 1911. Amundsen and four others became the first explorers to reach the South Pole in December 1911
Picture No
10217875
Media ID
46004165
Size
3955px x 5744px
(5.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Drawn by Frederic de Haenen in The Illustrated London News', 16 1912, page 393
Date
1912
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