The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram” 1910-1912

The South Pole is a book by Roald Amundsen and it represents an interesting first-hand account of the Norwegian expedition’s successful attempt to reach the South Pole in 1911. Amundsen spends a great deal of time talking about logistics and placing of depots in preparation for his polar attempt all the way from the preparation leading up to the initial sea voyage, the voyage itself and then the establishing of a camp at the Antarctic. Although they were lucky with the weather, and Amundsen attributed the success of the expedition to “good luck”, it is obvious that the Norwegian expedition was well prepared and ready for the troubles ahead; the equipment, the sledges with well-trained dogs, the supply depots with seal meat at regular intervals along the route, the sunglasses to avoid snow blindness; it was all thought of in advance. With fold out maps and black and white photographs throughout the book.

Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Date Published: 1976
Book Condition: Very good hardcover in a good dust jacket showing some surface wear, tanning and edge wear. Previous owner’s library plate on the pastedown of the front board. Foxing to the front and back pastedowns and endpapers. Some notes in pencil on the back endpaper and on several pages throughout the book. Some minor creasing to back endpapers. Some marking to the text block edges and wear to board edges. Otherwise, a sound copy.