Medal - Roald Amundsen Polheim

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TIL ERINDRING OM SYDPOLENS OPDAGELSE 1911
SVERRE HASSEL,
OLAV WISTING,
HELMER HANSEN,
OLAV BJAALAND.

Translation: In remembrance of the discovery of the South Pole.

Comment

Polheim ("Home at the Pole") was Roald Amundsen's name for his camp (the first ever) at the South Pole. He arrived there on December 14, 1911, along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hansen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.