Author: AMUNDSEN, Roald Engebregt Gravning.
Title: The South Pole. An account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A.G. Chater.
Description: London, John Murray, 1912.2 volumes. Original decorated red cloth with the Norwegian flag on covers, spines lettered in gilt, uncut, top edges gilt. With 24 maps and charts (some folding) and 94 photographic plates. XXXV,392; X,438 pp.First English edition; first published in Kristiania in 1912: Sydpolen: den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med 'Fram' 1910-1912. - The Norwegian explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872 - 1928) left Norway in June 1910 on the ship Fram. When he received the news that the British polar explorer Scott was already on his way to the South Pole, Amundsen changed his plans and set his sights on arriving there before him. Scott's and Amundsen's expeditions were both now heading for the South Pole in 1911. His party established a camp at the Bay of Whales and a series of supply depots on the Barrier (now known as the Ross Ice Shelf) before setting out for the pole in October. The party of five, led by Amundsen, became the first to successfully reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911, four weeks before Scott. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. - A very fine copy.Conrad p.156; Spence p.4; Howgego III, A12; Rosove 9.

Keywords: Antarctic Pole