The present location of the tent that Roald Amundsen left behind at the South Pole in December 1911
ABSTRACT Determining the present precise location of Amundsen's tent is a function of 1) the precision of Amundsen's navigation in 1911, 2) the flow of ice since then, and 3) the amount of burial by intervening snow fall. These factors are discussed and it is concluded that the best locati...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247410000719 2024-03-03T08:48:19+00:00 The present location of the tent that Roald Amundsen left behind at the South Pole in December 1911 Orheim, Olav 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247410000719 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247410000719 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 47, issue 3, page 268-270 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2011 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247410000719 2024-02-08T08:38:16Z ABSTRACT Determining the present precise location of Amundsen's tent is a function of 1) the precision of Amundsen's navigation in 1911, 2) the flow of ice since then, and 3) the amount of burial by intervening snow fall. These factors are discussed and it is concluded that the best location that can be given for the tent in December 2011 is 89° 58′ 51″ S, 46° 14′ E, and lying 17 m below the present snow surface. The uncertainty in the position is 0.3 km, and is mainly related to uncertainties in the original positioning. It can be concluded with high certainty that the tent lies between 1.8 and 2.5 km from the South Pole. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record South pole Cambridge University Press South Pole Polar Record 47 3 268 270 |
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ABSTRACT Determining the present precise location of Amundsen's tent is a function of 1) the precision of Amundsen's navigation in 1911, 2) the flow of ice since then, and 3) the amount of burial by intervening snow fall. These factors are discussed and it is concluded that the best location that can be given for the tent in December 2011 is 89° 58′ 51″ S, 46° 14′ E, and lying 17 m below the present snow surface. The uncertainty in the position is 0.3 km, and is mainly related to uncertainties in the original positioning. It can be concluded with high certainty that the tent lies between 1.8 and 2.5 km from the South Pole. |
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