100 years ago today Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole
after traveling 870 miles from his coastal base, Framheim. He arrived at the
Pole more than a month before British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. The two
expeditions were very different from each other, both in their planning and
execution. In the end both were remarkable feats of exploration.
Amundsen”s tent at the South
Pole “Poleheim”
Tonight PolarExplorers has a team
at the South Pole to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Amundsen”s
expedition. In addition to celebrating Amundsen”s achievement they
also celebrated the spirit of online casinos adventure and exploration. As a part of this
they toasted our Full South Pole team, who today passed the 83rd degree of South
latitude on their own incredible expedition.
Today the team reported
beautiful weather and high spirits. They slept in a few hours and then hit the
ice covering 18 kilometers.
They feel lucky to have had such good
weather, and Bob in his audio update is almost poetic in his description of his
surroundings. As they skied today they were thinking about Amundsen”s
expedition, and they were planning a special toast for dinnertime.
Bob
leaves a delightful update, so make sure to check it out, and visit again
tomorrow for another update from the team!