The Observations of Amundsen and Scott at the South pole

When I awoke the next mornmg I found my head resting against the rear wheel of my jeep, my bedding roll untouched in the back, and my mess tin full of last night's bully stew. Later in the day we crossed the Bahariya track, and after many more miles, as the sun began to east long black shadows, we topped the last ridge. Below us lay a wide luxurious belt of palms; through the palm trees and paddy fields ran the Nile. We picked up our glasses and recognized the familiar minarets of the citadel just visible against the blue cliffs. Wearily we dismounted our guns and turned towards the pyramids. We parked the jeeps outside the Mena Camp Naafi, and three bearded officers slunk into the Mena House Hotel and ate, not out of dusty mess-tins, but off clean white plates

Geology · Polar Research and Ecology

• On the provenance of a historic sledge shoe fragment, said to have been collected by Edward Wilson at the South Pole in 1912

  Open Access•Sophie Rowe•Polar Record•2017

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• Roald Amundsen’s route across the polar plateau in 1911–1912

  Open Access•Björn Lantz•Polar Record•2022

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• The present location of the tent that Roald Amundsen left behind at the South Pole in December 1911

  Open Access•Olav Orheim•Polar Record•2011

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