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100th year of Antarctic expedition
100th year of Antarctic expedition
100th year of Antarctic expedition
In a handout picture released by British public relations company Baileyballoons on December 9, 2011,16-year-old British schoolgirl Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses with a Union Jack at the South Pole on December 9, 2011 after becoming the youngest person to ski to the Pole. Amelia Hempleman-Adams,whose father was the first Briton to reach the South Pole solo and unsupported, on December 9 became the youngest person to ski to the bottom of the world. She joined her adventurer dad David Hempleman-Adams on the two-week, 97-mile (156-kilometre) trek to the South Pole from explorer Ernest Shackleton's Farthest South Point, where he had to turn back in 1907. AFP PHOTO
100th year of Antarctic expedition
This handout picture released by the Nasjonalbiblioteket on December 11, 2011 shows Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in his study in Svartskog, Norway in 1910. One hundred years ago Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen won the race to the South Pole in a dramatic and ultimately fatal duel with British adventurer Robert Scott that captured the world's attention. On December 14, 1911, not long before the outbreak of World War I as nationalism was on the rise in Europe, Amundsen and the four members of his team were the first to plant the Norwegian flag at the southernmost tip of the globe. AFP PHOTO
100th year of Antarctic expedition
This handout picture released by the Nasjonalbiblioteket on December 11, 2011 shows (FromL) team members Adolf Lindstrom, Sverre Hassel, Oscar Wisting, Helmer Hanssen, Roald Amundsen, Jorgen Stubberud and Kristian Prestrud sitting around a table at Amundsen's antarctic base called Framheim by the Bay of Whales, Antarctica in 1911. One hundred years ago Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen won the race to the South Pole in a dramatic and ultimately fatal duel with British adventurer Robert Scott that captured the world's attention. On December 14, 1911, not long before the outbreak of World War I as nationalism was on the rise in Europe, Amundsen and the four members of his team were the first to plant the Norwegian flag at the southernmost tip of the globe. AFP photo
100th year of Antarctic expedition
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100th year of Antarctic expedition
AFP photo
100th year of Antarctic expedition
AFP photo
100th year of Antarctic expedition
AFP photo
100th year of Antarctic expedition
100th year of Antarctic expedition
100th year of Antarctic expedition
100th year of Antarctic expedition
100th year of Antarctic expedition
100th year of Antarctic expedition
AFP photo
100th year of Antarctic expedition
AFP photo
100th year of Antarctic expedition
AFP photo
100th year of Antarctic expedition
AFP photo
100th year of Antarctic expedition
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY PIERRE-HENRY DESHAYES (FILES) An undated file photo shows Norwegian explorer of polar regions Roald Amundsen (1872-1928). One hundred years ago Amundsen won the race to the South Pole in a dramatic and ultimately fatal duel with British adventurer Robert Scott that captured the world's attention. On December 14, 1911, not long before the outbreak of World War I as nationalism was on the rise in Europe, Amundsen and the four members of his team were the first to plant the Norwegian flag at the southernmost tip of the globe. AFP PHOTO / STR
100th year of Antarctic expedition
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY PIERRE-HENRY DESHAYES (FILES) A file photo taken on December 16, 1911 shows Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (L) and his companions, Oscar Wisting (2nd L), Sverre Hassel (2nd R) and Helmer Hansen (R), saluting the Norwegian flag at the South Pole they were the first to reach on December 14, 1911 with 52 dogs and four sledges. One hundred years ago, Amundsen won the race to the South Pole in a dramatic and ultimately fatal duel with British adventurer Robert Scott that captured the world's attention. On December 14, 1911, not long before the outbreak of World War I as nationalism was on the rise in Europe, Amundsen and the four members of his team were the first to plant the Norwegian flag at the southernmost tip of the globe. AFP PHOTO / STR
100th year of Antarctic expedition
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY PIERRE-HENRY DESHAYES (FILES) A file photo taken on April 26, 2009 shows the statue of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in Ny-Aalesund, the most northernly village in the world. One hundred years ago, Amundsen won the race to the South Pole in a dramatic and ultimately fatal duel with British adventurer Robert Scott that captured the world's attention. On December 14, 1911, not long before the outbreak of World War I as nationalism was on the rise in Europe, Amundsen and the four members of his team were the first to plant the Norwegian flag at the southernmost tip of the globe. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-HENRY DESHAYES
100th year of Antarctic expedition
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg skies at the South Pole, in this picture made available through a social network December 12, 2011. Stoltenberg braved deep freeze temperatures on Monday to ski around the South Pole as he prepared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of countryman Roald Amundsen becoming the first to reach the pole. REUTERS
100th year of Antarctic expedition
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is seen at the South Pole in this picture made available by the office of the prime minister through a social network December 12, 2011. Stoltenberg braved deep freeze temperatures on Monday to ski around the South Pole as he prepared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of countryman Roald Amundsen becoming the first to reach the pole. REUTERS
100th year of Antarctic expedition
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) is being briefed by an unidentified employee at the Amundsen-Scott research base on the South Pole on December 12, 2011. Up to 150 people are expected to be at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station on December 14, 2011 including a diplomatic party from Norway led by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to celebrate the 100th anniversary for Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen being the first man to reach the pole. AFP PHOTO
100th year of Antarctic expedition
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg skies on the South Pole on December 12, 2011. Up to 150 people are expected to be at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station on December 14, 2011 including a diplomatic party from Norway led by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to celebrate the 100th anniversary for Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen being the first man to reach the pole. AFP PHOTO
100th year of Antarctic expedition
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and employees pose at outisde the Amundsen-Scott research base on the South Pole on December 12, 2011. Up to 150 people are expected to be at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station on December 14, 2011 including a diplomatic party from Norway led by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to celebrate the 100th anniversary for Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen being the first man to reach the pole. AFP PHOTO
100th year of Antarctic expedition
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