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[00:05.16] | Chapter 7 Motor Sledges and Mountains |
[00:11.90] | Scott had two motor sledges now. |
[00:15.32] | They were the first motor sledges in the Antarctic-the first on earth. |
[00:21.76] | On October 24th, |
[00:24.00] | the motor sledges started south from Cape Evans. |
[00:28.54] | Four men went with them, |
[00:31.31] | but Scott stayed at Cape Evans for another week. |
[00:36.68] | Oates was unhappy. |
[00:40.05] | He wrote to his mother:We had a very bad winter here. |
[00:46.44] | I don't like Scott. |
[00:49.27] | We were here all winter, |
[00:51.62] | but he didn't learn to ski,or to drive dogs. |
[00:56.24] | Our equipment is bad, |
[00:59.24] | and he doesn't think about other people. |
[01:02.63] | I'm going to sleep in his tent on the journey, |
[01:07.45] | but I don't want to. |
[01:12.25] | On November lst Scott and Oates |
[01:15.77] | and six more men left Cape Evans |
[01:18.95] | with eight sledges and eight ponies. |
[01:23.31] | The ponies walked slowly |
[01:25.20] | because their feet went down into the snow. |
[01:29.33] | It was hard work for them and they got tired very quickly. |
[01:34.91] | They travelled thirteen or fourteen kilometres in a day. |
[01:41.08] | Behind the ponies came Meares with one sledge and some dogs. |
[01:47.88] | Meares knew how to drive dogs. |
[01:51.06] | Every day,Meares started two hours after the ponies, |
[01:56.87] | and arrived two hours before them. |
[02:02.75] | After five days,they found the motor sledges. |
[02:09.09] | The Norwegians began again on October 20th. |
[02:14.84] | There were five men this time- |
[02:17.96] | Amundsen,Bjaaland,Wisting,Hassel,and Hanssen. |
[02:26.35] | They had four sledges,and forty-eight dogs. |
[02:32.30] | There was a lot of wind and fog. |
[02:36.00] | On the first day,Wisting's sledge suddenly stopped, |
[02:41.30] | and the back went down. |
[02:44.03] | 'Come on,you dogs!'he said angrily. |
[02:48.70] | 'Pull!Pull!'At first nothing happened; |
[02:54.28] | then,slowly,the sledge moved again. |
[02:59.71] | Wisting looked down,over the side of the sledge. |
[03:03.94] | Under the snow,there was a fifty metre hole. |
[03:09.12] | 'Did you see that?'Amundsen said. |
[03:13.37] | 'The ice wants to eat us - |
[03:15.65] | men,dogs,sledges,everything.' |
[03:21.96] | On the fourth day they reached the depot at 80°South. |
[03:27.79] | There was a bad snowstorm, |
[03:29.96] | but they found the flags easily. |
[03:34.08] | Next day the men stayed in their tents, |
[03:37.49] | and the dogs played in their holes under the snow. |
[03:41.70] | They were all happy. |
[03:43.82] | They had a lot of food, |
[03:45.48] | they had good equipment, |
[03:47.05] | and they were warm. |
[03:48.72] | They could travel fast. |
[03:52.74] | Next morning,the snowstorm stopped, |
[03:56.19] | and the journey began again. |
[03:59.39] | Today,everything is wonderful, |
[04:03.50] | Bjaaland wrote in his diary. |
[04:06.49] | But where is Scott? |
[04:08.81] | In front of us,or behind? |
[04:14.81] | There was no one with the motor sledges; |
[04:18.10] | they were broken. |
[04:20.10] | Scott looked at them angrily. |
[04:23.91] | 'It doesn't matter,'he said. |
[04:27.22] | 'Teddy Evans and his men are in front of us. |
[04:30.27] | They're good men-they're pulling their sledges themselves. |
[04:35.04] | We can get to the Pole on foot.' |
[04:40.02] | Oates looked at Meares. |
[04:42.91] | Oates and the ponies were tired, |
[04:45.43] | but Meares and his dogs were not. |
[04:48.37] | The snow was home for them. |
[04:51.73] | That night,Oates wrote: |
[04:54.72] | Three motor sledges at£1,000 each,19 ponies at £5 each, |
[05:03.17] | 32 dogs at £1.50 each. |
[05:08.19] | Well,it's not my money,it's Scott's. |
[05:13.84] | On November 21st, |
[05:16.24] | one of the ponies died. |
[05:20.74] | On November 11th, |
[05:22.36] | the Norwegians saw the mountains. |
[05:26.18] | The mountains were very high- |
[05:28.34] | some of the highest on earth. |
[05:31.77] | Bjaaland smiled. |
[05:34.11] | 'There is good skiing up there,Roald,'he said. |
[05:37.88] | 'But can dogs get up there too?' |
[05:40.97] | 'Of course they can,'Amundsen said.'Come on.' |
[05:46.80] | They left Hanssen with the dogs, |
[05:49.14] | and skied a little way up the mountains. |
[05:52.33] | It was difficult,but the mountains were big and beautiful. |
[05:58.26] | Behind the mountains, |
[05:59.78] | Amundsen thought there was a high plateau of ice. |
[06:04.36] | 'That's it,'Amundsen said. |
[06:07.57] | 'That's the road to the Pole. |
[06:10.60] | Tomorrow,we can bring the dogs and sledges up here. |
[06:15.22] | But now,let's have a ski race. |
[06:19.23] | Who can get back to camp first?' |
[06:22.73] | They laughed,and skied happily down the white snow. |
[06:27.69] | 'This is like home,'Bjaaland thought. |
[06:31.31] | 'But it's bigger than Norway,and better.' |
[06:35.62] | In the next four days, |
[06:38.67] | the dogs pulled the sledges eighty-one kilometres, |
[06:42.26] | and went up 3,000 metres.At last, |
[06:47.89] | Amundsen and Bjaaland stood on the plateau behind the mountains. |
[06:53.06] | They were tired,happy men. |
[06:57.12] | Bjaaland looked back at the mountains. |
[07:00.91] | 'Can a motor sledge get up here?'he asked. |
[07:05.53] | Amundsen smiled.'No,'he said. |
[07:10.35] | 'I don't think so. |
[07:12.59] | And Scott doesn't like dogs. |
[07:15.49] | So his men are going to pull their sledges |
[07:18.49] | up these mountains themselves. |
[07:21.59] | Would you like to do that,Olav?' |
[07:24.93] | Bjaaland didn't answer.He smiled, |
[07:28.77] | and skied happily away across the snow. |
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[00:05.16] | Chapter 7 Motor Sledges and Mountains |
[00:11.90] | Scott had two motor sledges now |
[00:15.32] | They were the first motor sledges in the Antarcticthe first on earth |
[00:21.76] | On October 24th, |
[00:24.00] | the motor sledges started south from Cape Evans |
[00:28.54] | Four men went with them, |
[00:31.31] | but Scott stayed at Cape Evans for another week |
[00:36.68] | Oates was unhappy |
[00:40.05] | He wrote to his mother: We had a very bad winter here |
[00:46.44] | I don' t like Scott |
[00:49.27] | We were here all winter, |
[00:51.62] | but he didn' t learn to ski, or to drive dogs |
[00:56.24] | Our equipment is bad, |
[00:59.24] | and he doesn' t think about other people |
[01:02.63] | I' m going to sleep in his tent on the journey, |
[01:07.45] | but I don' t want to |
[01:12.25] | On November lst Scott and Oates |
[01:15.77] | and six more men left Cape Evans |
[01:18.95] | with eight sledges and eight ponies |
[01:23.31] | The ponies walked slowly |
[01:25.20] | because their feet went down into the snow |
[01:29.33] | It was hard work for them and they got tired very quickly |
[01:34.91] | They travelled thirteen or fourteen kilometres in a day |
[01:41.08] | Behind the ponies came Meares with one sledge and some dogs |
[01:47.88] | Meares knew how to drive dogs |
[01:51.06] | Every day, Meares started two hours after the ponies, |
[01:56.87] | and arrived two hours before them |
[02:02.75] | After five days, they found the motor sledges |
[02:09.09] | The Norwegians began again on October 20th |
[02:14.84] | There were five men this time |
[02:17.96] | Amundsen, Bjaaland, Wisting, Hassel, and Hanssen |
[02:26.35] | They had four sledges, and fortyeight dogs |
[02:32.30] | There was a lot of wind and fog |
[02:36.00] | On the first day, Wisting' s sledge suddenly stopped, |
[02:41.30] | and the back went down |
[02:44.03] | ' Come on, you dogs!' he said angrily |
[02:48.70] | ' Pull! Pull!' At first nothing happened |
[02:54.28] | then, slowly, the sledge moved again |
[02:59.71] | Wisting looked down, over the side of the sledge |
[03:03.94] | Under the snow, there was a fifty metre hole |
[03:09.12] | ' Did you see that?' Amundsen said |
[03:13.37] | ' The ice wants to eat us |
[03:15.65] | men, dogs, sledges, everything' |
[03:21.96] | On the fourth day they reached the depot at 80 South |
[03:27.79] | There was a bad snowstorm, |
[03:29.96] | but they found the flags easily |
[03:34.08] | Next day the men stayed in their tents, |
[03:37.49] | and the dogs played in their holes under the snow |
[03:41.70] | They were all happy |
[03:43.82] | They had a lot of food, |
[03:45.48] | they had good equipment, |
[03:47.05] | and they were warm |
[03:48.72] | They could travel fast |
[03:52.74] | Next morning, the snowstorm stopped, |
[03:56.19] | and the journey began again |
[03:59.39] | Today, everything is wonderful, |
[04:03.50] | Bjaaland wrote in his diary |
[04:06.49] | But where is Scott? |
[04:08.81] | In front of us, or behind? |
[04:14.81] | There was no one with the motor sledges |
[04:18.10] | they were broken |
[04:20.10] | Scott looked at them angrily |
[04:23.91] | ' It doesn' t matter,' he said |
[04:27.22] | ' Teddy Evans and his men are in front of us |
[04:30.27] | They' re good menthey' re pulling their sledges themselves |
[04:35.04] | We can get to the Pole on foot' |
[04:40.02] | Oates looked at Meares |
[04:42.91] | Oates and the ponies were tired, |
[04:45.43] | but Meares and his dogs were not |
[04:48.37] | The snow was home for them |
[04:51.73] | That night, Oates wrote: |
[04:54.72] | Three motor sledges at 1, 000 each, 19 ponies at 5 each, |
[05:03.17] | 32 dogs at 1 50 each |
[05:08.19] | Well, it' s not my money, it' s Scott' s |
[05:13.84] | On November 21st, |
[05:16.24] | one of the ponies died |
[05:20.74] | On November 11th, |
[05:22.36] | the Norwegians saw the mountains |
[05:26.18] | The mountains were very high |
[05:28.34] | some of the highest on earth |
[05:31.77] | Bjaaland smiled |
[05:34.11] | ' There is good skiing up there, Roald,' he said |
[05:37.88] | ' But can dogs get up there too?' |
[05:40.97] | ' Of course they can,' Amundsen said' Come on' |
[05:46.80] | They left Hanssen with the dogs, |
[05:49.14] | and skied a little way up the mountains |
[05:52.33] | It was difficult, but the mountains were big and beautiful |
[05:58.26] | Behind the mountains, |
[05:59.78] | Amundsen thought there was a high plateau of ice |
[06:04.36] | ' That' s it,' Amundsen said |
[06:07.57] | ' That' s the road to the Pole |
[06:10.60] | Tomorrow, we can bring the dogs and sledges up here |
[06:15.22] | But now, let' s have a ski race |
[06:19.23] | Who can get back to camp first?' |
[06:22.73] | They laughed, and skied happily down the white snow |
[06:27.69] | ' This is like home,' Bjaaland thought |
[06:31.31] | ' But it' s bigger than Norway, and better' |
[06:35.62] | In the next four days, |
[06:38.67] | the dogs pulled the sledges eightyone kilometres, |
[06:42.26] | and went up 3, 000 metres At last, |
[06:47.89] | Amundsen and Bjaaland stood on the plateau behind the mountains |
[06:53.06] | They were tired, happy men |
[06:57.12] | Bjaaland looked back at the mountains |
[07:00.91] | ' Can a motor sledge get up here?' he asked |
[07:05.53] | Amundsen smiled' No,' he said |
[07:10.35] | ' I don' t think so |
[07:12.59] | And Scott doesn' t like dogs |
[07:15.49] | So his men are going to pull their sledges |
[07:18.49] | up these mountains themselves |
[07:21.59] | Would you like to do that, Olav?' |
[07:24.93] | Bjaaland didn' t answer He smiled, |
[07:28.77] | and skied happily away across the snow |
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[00:05.16] | Chapter 7 Motor Sledges and Mountains |
[00:11.90] | Scott had two motor sledges now |
[00:15.32] | They were the first motor sledges in the Antarcticthe first on earth |
[00:21.76] | On October 24th, |
[00:24.00] | the motor sledges started south from Cape Evans |
[00:28.54] | Four men went with them, |
[00:31.31] | but Scott stayed at Cape Evans for another week |
[00:36.68] | Oates was unhappy |
[00:40.05] | He wrote to his mother: We had a very bad winter here |
[00:46.44] | I don' t like Scott |
[00:49.27] | We were here all winter, |
[00:51.62] | but he didn' t learn to ski, or to drive dogs |
[00:56.24] | Our equipment is bad, |
[00:59.24] | and he doesn' t think about other people |
[01:02.63] | I' m going to sleep in his tent on the journey, |
[01:07.45] | but I don' t want to |
[01:12.25] | On November lst Scott and Oates |
[01:15.77] | and six more men left Cape Evans |
[01:18.95] | with eight sledges and eight ponies |
[01:23.31] | The ponies walked slowly |
[01:25.20] | because their feet went down into the snow |
[01:29.33] | It was hard work for them and they got tired very quickly |
[01:34.91] | They travelled thirteen or fourteen kilometres in a day |
[01:41.08] | Behind the ponies came Meares with one sledge and some dogs |
[01:47.88] | Meares knew how to drive dogs |
[01:51.06] | Every day, Meares started two hours after the ponies, |
[01:56.87] | and arrived two hours before them |
[02:02.75] | After five days, they found the motor sledges |
[02:09.09] | The Norwegians began again on October 20th |
[02:14.84] | There were five men this time |
[02:17.96] | Amundsen, Bjaaland, Wisting, Hassel, and Hanssen |
[02:26.35] | They had four sledges, and fortyeight dogs |
[02:32.30] | There was a lot of wind and fog |
[02:36.00] | On the first day, Wisting' s sledge suddenly stopped, |
[02:41.30] | and the back went down |
[02:44.03] | ' Come on, you dogs!' he said angrily |
[02:48.70] | ' Pull! Pull!' At first nothing happened |
[02:54.28] | then, slowly, the sledge moved again |
[02:59.71] | Wisting looked down, over the side of the sledge |
[03:03.94] | Under the snow, there was a fifty metre hole |
[03:09.12] | ' Did you see that?' Amundsen said |
[03:13.37] | ' The ice wants to eat us |
[03:15.65] | men, dogs, sledges, everything' |
[03:21.96] | On the fourth day they reached the depot at 80 South |
[03:27.79] | There was a bad snowstorm, |
[03:29.96] | but they found the flags easily |
[03:34.08] | Next day the men stayed in their tents, |
[03:37.49] | and the dogs played in their holes under the snow |
[03:41.70] | They were all happy |
[03:43.82] | They had a lot of food, |
[03:45.48] | they had good equipment, |
[03:47.05] | and they were warm |
[03:48.72] | They could travel fast |
[03:52.74] | Next morning, the snowstorm stopped, |
[03:56.19] | and the journey began again |
[03:59.39] | Today, everything is wonderful, |
[04:03.50] | Bjaaland wrote in his diary |
[04:06.49] | But where is Scott? |
[04:08.81] | In front of us, or behind? |
[04:14.81] | There was no one with the motor sledges |
[04:18.10] | they were broken |
[04:20.10] | Scott looked at them angrily |
[04:23.91] | ' It doesn' t matter,' he said |
[04:27.22] | ' Teddy Evans and his men are in front of us |
[04:30.27] | They' re good menthey' re pulling their sledges themselves |
[04:35.04] | We can get to the Pole on foot' |
[04:40.02] | Oates looked at Meares |
[04:42.91] | Oates and the ponies were tired, |
[04:45.43] | but Meares and his dogs were not |
[04:48.37] | The snow was home for them |
[04:51.73] | That night, Oates wrote: |
[04:54.72] | Three motor sledges at 1, 000 each, 19 ponies at 5 each, |
[05:03.17] | 32 dogs at 1 50 each |
[05:08.19] | Well, it' s not my money, it' s Scott' s |
[05:13.84] | On November 21st, |
[05:16.24] | one of the ponies died |
[05:20.74] | On November 11th, |
[05:22.36] | the Norwegians saw the mountains |
[05:26.18] | The mountains were very high |
[05:28.34] | some of the highest on earth |
[05:31.77] | Bjaaland smiled |
[05:34.11] | ' There is good skiing up there, Roald,' he said |
[05:37.88] | ' But can dogs get up there too?' |
[05:40.97] | ' Of course they can,' Amundsen said' Come on' |
[05:46.80] | They left Hanssen with the dogs, |
[05:49.14] | and skied a little way up the mountains |
[05:52.33] | It was difficult, but the mountains were big and beautiful |
[05:58.26] | Behind the mountains, |
[05:59.78] | Amundsen thought there was a high plateau of ice |
[06:04.36] | ' That' s it,' Amundsen said |
[06:07.57] | ' That' s the road to the Pole |
[06:10.60] | Tomorrow, we can bring the dogs and sledges up here |
[06:15.22] | But now, let' s have a ski race |
[06:19.23] | Who can get back to camp first?' |
[06:22.73] | They laughed, and skied happily down the white snow |
[06:27.69] | ' This is like home,' Bjaaland thought |
[06:31.31] | ' But it' s bigger than Norway, and better' |
[06:35.62] | In the next four days, |
[06:38.67] | the dogs pulled the sledges eightyone kilometres, |
[06:42.26] | and went up 3, 000 metres At last, |
[06:47.89] | Amundsen and Bjaaland stood on the plateau behind the mountains |
[06:53.06] | They were tired, happy men |
[06:57.12] | Bjaaland looked back at the mountains |
[07:00.91] | ' Can a motor sledge get up here?' he asked |
[07:05.53] | Amundsen smiled' No,' he said |
[07:10.35] | ' I don' t think so |
[07:12.59] | And Scott doesn' t like dogs |
[07:15.49] | So his men are going to pull their sledges |
[07:18.49] | up these mountains themselves |
[07:21.59] | Would you like to do that, Olav?' |
[07:24.93] | Bjaaland didn' t answer He smiled, |
[07:28.77] | and skied happily away across the snow |