Amundsen
"Great activity reigns on board," Amundsen wrote in his diary. "The last touches are being put to all the work. Clothing bags must be packed ready to go ashore." [1]
While in the pack, seals had been shot and brought aboard to give the dogs fresh meat and feed them up before putting them to work.
Notes:
[1] Roald Amundsen, [diary?], 9 January 1911, quoted by Roland Huntford in Scott and Amundsen (New York : Putnam, 1980, c1979), p.313.
January 9, 2011
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