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  1. Photographs From Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition – 1910-1912

    Explorer Roald Amundsen’s illustrated account of his race to reach the South Pole first

    “There were five of us — Hanssen, Wisting, Hassel, Bjaaland, and myself. We had four sledges, with thirteen dogs to each.”

    flashbak.com/photographs-from-

    Roald Amundsen at PG:
    gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/11

    #expeditions #southpole

  2. An excellent investigation by Heidi Blake: The great cash for carbon hustle
    newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10
    The jist: one of the world's largest carbon offsetting companies sold environmentally worthless credits and to make matters worse, #SouthPole 's #Kariba project was presented as a haven for endangered animals — while its local partner personally controls trophy hunting in a large area...