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===South Pole Expedition (1910–12)=== | ===South Pole Expedition (1910–12)=== | ||
[[File:Antarctic expedition map.png|thumb|Comparison of Amundsen and Scott South Pole expeditions 1911]] | [[File:Antarctic expedition map.png|thumb|Comparison of Amundsen and Scott South Pole expeditions 1911]] | ||
Amundsen next planned to take an expedition to the North Pole and explore the Arctic Basin. Finding it difficult to raise funds, when he heard in 1909 that the Americans Frederick Cook and Robert Peary had claimed to reach the North Pole as a result of two different expeditions, he decided to reroute to Antarctica. He was not clear about his intentions, and the Englishman [[Robert | Amundsen next planned to take an expedition to the North Pole and explore the Arctic Basin. Finding it difficult to raise funds, when he heard in 1909 that the Americans Frederick Cook and Robert Peary had claimed to reach the North Pole as a result of two different expeditions, he decided to reroute to Antarctica. He was not clear about his intentions, and the Englishman [[Robert Falcon Scott]] and the Norwegian supporters felt misled. Scott was planning his own expedition to the [[South Pole]] that year. Using the ship ''Fram'' ("Forward"), earlier used by Fridtjof Nansen, Amundsen left Oslo for the south on 3 June 1910. At Madeira, Amundsen alerted his men that they would be heading to [[Antarctica]], and sent a telegram to Scott, notifying him simply: "BEG TO INFORM YOU FRAM PROCEEDING ANTARCTIC--AMUNDSEN." | ||
Nearly six months later, the expedition arrived at the eastern edge of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] (then known as "the Great Ice Barrier"), at a large inlet called the Bay of Whales, on 14 January 1911. Amundsen established his base camp there, calling it Framheim. Amundsen eschewed the heavy wool clothing worn on earlier Antarctic attempts in favor of adopting Inuit-style furred skins. | Nearly six months later, the expedition arrived at the eastern edge of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] (then known as "the Great Ice Barrier"), at a large inlet called the Bay of Whales, on 14 January 1911. Amundsen established his base camp there, calling it Framheim. Amundsen eschewed the heavy wool clothing worn on earlier Antarctic attempts in favor of adopting Inuit-style furred skins. | ||