Fram sets sail for Funchal

Happened: 1910-08-09

Description

Just before Fram sailed on 9 August, Amundsen revealed the expedition's true destination to the two junior officers, Prestrud and Gjertsen. On the four-week voyage to Funchal in Madeira, a mood of uncertainty developed among the crew, who could not make sense of some of the preparations and whose questions were met with evasive answers from their officers. This, says Amundsen's biographer Roland Huntford, was "enough to generate suspicion and low spirits".

Publications

Title	Publication Date	Description	Link
Amundsen's South Pole expedition (webpage from Wikipedia)		A starred article about the expedition	Link

Expeditions

Name	Begin Date	End Date	Start Head Count	End Head Count
Amundsen's South Pole expedition	1910	1912	19

Objects

Name	Type
Fram	Sea-going Vessel