The “ terra firma ” anecdote: On the attempt to deceive Roald Amundsen during the meeting between the Fram and Terra Nova expeditions in 1911

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Lantz, Björn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; South Pole; Roland; Terra Firma; Bay of Whales; Polar Record; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247420000303; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247420000303

Abstract This paper discusses an unsourced anecdote in Roland Huntford’s dual biography of Scott and Amundsen and their race for the South Pole; the first edition of the book was published in 1979. During a meeting between the Fram and Terra Nova in the Bay of Whales on 4 February 1911, Lieutenant V...