"Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it"
"We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South."
"The numerous people who imagine that a long stay in the Polar regions makes a man less susceptible of cold than other mortals are completely mistaken.
Choosing dogs over horses led Amundsen to reach the South Pole before the doomed Scott expedition.
Amundson and his men en route to the South Pole, 1911
On reaching the South Pole December 14, 1911, Amundson and his party raised the Norwegian flag,