Portal Wissen = Departure

• Main Authors: Zimmermann, Matthias, Mikulla, Stefanie (Dr.), Kampe, Heike, Horn-Conrad, Antje, Lass, Sander (Dr.)
• Other Authors: Engel, Silke (Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: ddc:070; Referat für Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit; Bay of Whales; Framheim; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/53713; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-537138; https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-53713; https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/53713/portalwissen_02-2021_en.pdf

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...