Atlas: Expeditions Through Time

Place

Bay of Whales

The Ross Ice Shelf base area of Amundsen’s Framheim camp.

Coordinates-78.50, -164.00

Related expeditions

9 August 1910–7 March 1912

Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition

Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian party travelled from the Bay of Whales by ski and dog sled, reaching the South Pole before returning safely.

Sources and further reading

  1. Roald Amundsen and the South Pole, The Fram Museum. Chronology and route of the Norwegian expedition.
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