Picture No | 10217875 |
Date | 1912 |
Description | Roald Amundsen calculating his position, South Pole 1911 |
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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.
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Source | Drawn by Frederic de Haenen in 'The Illustrated London News', 16 1912, page 393 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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