An Exceptional Summer during the South Pole Race of 1911-1912

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Fogt, R. L., Jones, M. E., Solomon, S., Jones, J. M., Goergens, C. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2017
• Subjects: Austral; Ross Ice Shelf; South Pole; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Polar Plateau; Ice Shelf; South pole
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/116051/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/116051/6/fogt_etal_revised1_final_clean.pdf; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/116051/7/fogt_etal_supplemental_revised_final_clean.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0013.1

The race for the South Pole during the summer of 1911-1912 was marked by exceptionally high temperature and pressure anomalies experienced by both Amundsen and Scott. The meteorological conditions during the Amundsen and Scott South Pole expeditions in 1911-1912 are examined using a combination of o...