September 1910
South Pole
Announces the southern objective of the Fram expedition at Madeira and turns openly toward the race for the South Pole
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Madeira in Norway. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Announces the southern objective of the Fram expedition at Madeira and turns openly toward the race for the South Pole
At Madeira, tells his men that Fram will proceed to Antarctica and sends Scott the telegram: BEG TO INFORM YOU FRAM PROCEEDING ANTARCTIC--AMUNDSEN
Reveals to his crew that the Fram expedition is bound for Antarctica and not the Arctic Ocean
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