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On February 10, 1911, we started for the South to establish depots, and continued our journey until April 11. We formed three depots and stored in them 3 tons of provisions, including 22 hundredweight of seal meat. As there were no landmarks, we had to indicate the position of our depots by flags, which were posted at a distance of about four miles to the east and west. The first barrier afforded the best going, and was specially adapted for dog-sledging. Thus, on February 15 we did sixty-two miles with sledges. Each sledge weighed 660 pounds, and we had six dogs for each. The upper barrier ("barrier surface") was smooth and even. There were a few crevasses here and there, but we only found them dangerous at one or two points. The barrier went in long, regular undulations. The weather was very favourable, with calms or light winds. The lowest temperature at this station was -49° F., which was taken on March 4.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: South Pole, Volume 1
• Author: Roald Amundsen
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 296
• EAN: 9781421833040
• ISBN: 9781421833040
• ID: 08412821
• Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Weight: 513 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. March 2007

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