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Today, 96 years ago, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole - with Puzzle answer
On the 14th of December 1911, Roald Amundsen and his four men reached the South Pole. Thus, Amundsen, Bjaaland, Hanssen, Hassel and Wisting became the first persons to set their feet on the geographical South Pole.
14 Dec 2007
78.64622 deg S
35.64052 deg E
3619 meters above sea level
Maximum & Minimum temperatures: -20 to -37 °C
In 1911, it was a race to be first reaching the South Pole. Amundsen’s strategy with using dogs to pull the sledges turned out to be superior to ponies and motor sledges used by Scott. Amundsen used 99 days back and forth from his station Framheim at the ice edge in the Ross Sea. The station was named after the polar vessel Fram owned by Fridtjof Nansen and used during the famous drift across the Arctic Ocean in 1893-1896. One of the dogs that reached the South Pole that day 96 years ago was Amundsen’s favorite dog Lasse, which one of our tracked vehicles is named after. When we reach the South Pole in January, the plan is that our Lasse is pulling in first…
- Jan-Gunnar
The South Pole is reached. From left to right: Amundsen, Hanssen, Hassel and Wisting (Photo: Olav Bjaaland).
Polar Puzzle 5
We had a contest to guess how many layers of snow that we would find in the top two meters at the next sampling site. Five people joined the game. After Mary did the sampling, she found that one person had guessed the number exactly. Atsu was 5 under, Stein was two under, Unni was the winner, Lou was one over, and Kjetil was 6 over. The numbers guessed were 26, 15, 18, 21, and 20. How many layers were in the top two meters of snow?
Answer: 20 layers
