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August 27, 2012

ARCHIV - Undatierte Aufnahme der Terra Nova Bay in der Antarktis. Vor hundert Jahren erreichte der Norweger Roald Amundsen als erster den Südpol. Er gewann das Wettrennen zum Pol mit dem Briten F. Scott, der auf dem Rückweg elend ums Leben kam. Der Mythos dieser dramatischen Pol-«Eroberung» lebt weiter. EPA/YONHAP NEWS AGENCY (zu dpa-Themenpaket "100 Jahre nach Amundsen: Der Südpol-Mythos lebt" vom 13.12.2011) +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
AntarktisImage: picture-alliance/dpa
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