"The South Pole Arthur G. Chater's 1912 translation"

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“Everything is on a reduced scale here in the Polar regions; we can't afford to be extravagant.”

“So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God!”

“BEG TO INFORM YOU FRAM PROCEEDING ANTARCTIC — AMUNDSEN”

“The Red Tent Sean Connery plays Amundsen”

“We reckoned now that we were at the Pole. Of course, every one of us knew that we were not standing on the absolute spot; it would be an impossibility with the time and the instruments at our disposal to ascertain the exact spot. But we were so near it that the few miles which possibly separated us from it could not be of the slightest importance. It was our intention to make a circle around this camp, with a radius of twelve and a half miles , and to be satisfied with that. After we had halted we collected and congratulated each other. ... we proceeded to the greatest and most solemn act of the whole journey - the planting of our flag.”

“Personally, I regard alcohol, used in moderation, as a medicine in the Polar regions. ... It is another matter on sledge journeys: there ... alcohol must be banished ... on account of the weight and space. ... Two men who have fallen out a little in the course of the week are reconciled at once by the scent of rum; the past is forgotten, and they start afresh in friendly co-operation.”

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