Nettstedet Nansen-Amundsen-året 2011 er produsert av Norsk Polarinstitutt
Nettstedredaktør: Janne Schreuder | Webutvikler: Paul-Inge Flakstad
Det gjøres oppmerksom på at denne nettsiden blir innsamlet og lagret av Nasjonalbiblioteket, med det formål å dokumentere Nansen-Amundsen-året 2011.
Race to the End of the Earth One hundred years ago, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and British Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott competed to be the first to reach the South Pole. Take a journey with their expedition teams as they face Antarctica’s extreme weather conditions, the risk of starvation, frostbite, the hazards of getting lost, and the limits of human endurance. Examine photographs, historical artifacts, vivid dioramas, and interactive exhibits to discover how Amundsen and Scott prepared for their polar journeys and how they met, or were defeated by, the numerous hurdles they faced. «Race to the End of the Earth» is partly a presentation of a true-life adventure story and partly a display of classic and modern methods of polar travel, science, and technology. But overall it is a celebration of what motivates us as humans to go out to explore and understand our world,” explains lead curator Ross MacPhee of New York’s American Museum of Natural History.
Learn more about Scott and Amundsen’s historic race on the official exhibition website.
In partnership with DC Public Library, National Geographic will offer this workshop on July 28 at 1:30pm at the Deanwood Library, and August 9 at 1:30pm at the Palisades Library).
Guided tours at 11 am every Monday
This exhibition is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, and Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France, and the Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Nationally generous support has been provided by the Government of the United Kingdom and the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ANT 0636639. Local support has been provided by Amtrak
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