Plaque - Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsens arrival to the South Pole

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Engraver: Jens Ferdinand Willumsen

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Lettering: Th Ström & Comp

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Amundsen reached the Pole on the 14th December, naming his camp “Polheim” (Home of the Pole) and also re-named the Arctic plateau as King Haakon VII’s Land. The other members of the Polar party were Olav Olavson Bjaaland (1873-1961), Hilmer Hanssen (1870-1956), Sverre H Hassel (1876-1928) and Oscar Wising (1871-1936). The expedition, which had beaten that of Captain Scott, returned to the Fram on January 25th 1912 with 11 of the 16 dogs that had reached the Pole. The trip had taken 99 days and covered about 1860 miles.