Portal Wissen = Departure : The Research Magazine of the University of Potsdam

• Main Authors: Zimmermann, Matthias, Mikulla, Stefanie, Kampe, Heike, Horn-Conrad, Antje, Lass, Sander, University Of Potsdam, Press
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Potsdam 2022
• Subjects: 370 Bildung und Erziehung; Bay of Whales; Framheim; Hubble; Lidia; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25932/publishup-53713; https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/53713

On October 20, 1911, the Norwegian Roald Amundsen left the safe base camp “Framheim” at the Bay of Whales together with four other explorers and 52 sledge dogs to be the first person to reach the South Pole. Ahead of them lay the perpetual ice at temperatures of 20 to 30 degrees Celsius below zero a...