THE SOUTH POLE
ATTAINED BY AMUNDSEN THREE DAYS' OBSERVATIONS. li.v Telcffrapli— PressAssociation--Copy riKlit Received March 8, 11.25 p.m. London, Friday. The Daily Chronicle has published a Christiania telegram, signed by Amundsen, stating that the South Pole was attained from the 14th to the 17th of December. The Chronicle publishes Captain Amundsen's story to-morrow. Sir [Ernest Shackleton States that Captain Amundsen's taking of three days' continuous observations at the Pole would enable him to safely assume his poistion to be accurate. A flying snapshot was less reliable than a continuous series of observations.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 446, 9 March 1912, Page 5
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92THE SOUTH POLE King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 446, 9 March 1912, Page 5
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