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Heroic or hapless? – a revisionist’s view.
For nearly a century, the lions of Antarctic exploration have been cited as examples of heroism at its best. When in a crisis, invoking the names of the secular saints Shackleton, Scott and Mawson...
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Amundsen is a Canadian
Canadian Icebreaker Amundsen Now, now, polar people – I know Roald Amundsen, the explorer, was Norwegian. But the icebreaker pictured to the right is Canadian and named Amundsen, ironically. Amundsen...
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4 days and counting to the Amundsen Centenary
I regret not visiting the Fram Museum when I visited Oslo. The only excuse I can present is that, at the time, I was unaware of everything south polar. Canadians grow up culturally immersed in the...
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3 days and counting to the South Pole centennial
December 14, 1911 was an extraordinary day in south polar history. Roald Amundsen became the first human being to stand at the bottom of the world, 90S. What will you be doing December 14, 2011 on the...
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2 days to the 100th Anniversary of Humankind’s arrival at 90S
Take a close look at the map. Note the gain in elevation. Amundsen and his party had to climb from sea level to 10,500’+ to reach the South Pole. That redefines the term “‘taking things to new...
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