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Old December 13th 11, 03:09 AM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
David Dermott
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Default In December some Norwegians go south

In December some Norwegians go south, no, not to Canary Islands-
further south!

Right now there are several teams of Norwegians skiing towards
the South pole. They are celebrating the 100th Anniversary
of Amundsen and team's arrival (Dec 14-17, 1911).

The one I have been following is the Norwegian Polar Institute
4 man team: Vegard Ulvang, Stein Aasheim, Jan-Gunnar Winther
and Harald Dag Jølle.

http://sorpolen2011.npolar.no/en/

On Dec 12 they had about 80 km left to go. Altitude 2950 m , temp -30C,
snow often like "fish glue"

Amundsen's original book (translated into English in 1913) can
be found on the net in several places, including this:

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3414

A cute postcard I got in Norway:

http://www.dermott.ca/ski/sydpolen.png

(caricature of stereotypical Norwegians, that's the FRAM in the
background)

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David Dermott , Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada
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