Forestalled. Amundsen's tent at the Pole

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Lieutenant Henry Robertson 'Birdie' Bowers (1883-1912)
Forestalled. Amundsen's tent at the Pole
titled on the Fine Art Society label on the reverse of the mount
gelatin silver print mounted on card
unframed
12¼ x 16¼in. (31.7 x 41.2cm.)

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Lot Essay

'(Thurs 18 Jan., 1912) during the forenoon we passed the Norwegians' last southerly camp. They called it Polheim and left here a small tent with Norwegian and Fram flags flying and a considerable amount of gear in the tent... There were also letters there. One from Amundsen to King Haakon with a request that Scott should send it to him... I made some sketches here but it was blowing very cold -22. Birdie took some photos...The Norskies had got to the Pole on December 16 and were here from 15th to 17th.' (E.A.Wilson, Diary of the Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic 1910-1912, New York, 1972, pp.232-3)

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