Roald Amundsen Flew Into the Fog to Save the Man He Hated

Roald Amundsen spent forty years turning polar exploration into a science: first through the Northwest Passage, first to the South Pole, and, arguably, the first verified arrival at the North Pole. Every risk calculated, every contingency planned for. Then, at fifty-five, broke and retired, he boarded a rescue plane bound for a man he'd been feuding with for two years — and did not come home. Part two of the Ice Trilogy: Scott, then Amundsen, then Shackleton. Watch the Scott episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqDhc60fw5A

Chapters

0:00 Cold open
1:26 The kid who trained in secret
3:48 The apprentice
6:02 The heist
8:30 The machine, and what it cost
12:21 Winning wrong
14:15 The Arctic keeps trying
16:53 Outro

Picture credits

Umberto Nobile foran en luftskipsgondol på Ciampino-flyplassen, 1926 (8889622456).jpg — Nasjonalbiblioteket from Norway — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Umberto_Nobile_foran_en_luftskipsgondol_p%C3%A5_Ciampino-flyplassen,_1926_(8889622456).jpg
"Gjøa" innefrosset i Gjøahavn, Canada (7602228402).jpg — Nasjonalbiblioteket from Norway — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Gj%C3%B8a%22_innefrosset_i_Gj%C3%B8ahavn,_Canada_(7602228402).jpg
Portrett av Magito, en ung Netsilik-inuit (7602228570).jpg — Nasjonalbiblioteket from Norway — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrett_av_Magito,_en_ung_Netsilik-inuit_(7602228570).jpg
Besetningen på "Fram"s dekk, 1910 (7648642138).jpg — Nasjonalbiblioteket from Norway — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Besetningen_p%C3%A5_%22Fram%22s_dekk,_1910_(7648642138).jpg
Oscar Wisting, Olav Bjaaland, Sverre Hassel og Roald Amundsen på Sydpolen 14.12.1911 (7635391194).jpg — Nasjonalbiblioteket from Norway — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_Wisting,_Olav_Bjaaland,_Sverre_Hassel_og_Roald_Amundsen_p%C3%A5_Sydpolen_14.12.1911_(7635391194).jpg
Festmiddag i Framheims stue, 1911 1912 (7642133382).jpg — Nasjonalbiblioteket from Norway — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Festmiddag_i_Framheims_stue,_1911_1912_(7642133382).jpg
Historisk Museum Oslo Norway ROALD AMUNDSEN'S Medals and Decorations. Sweden ORDER OF THE POLAR STAR Nordstjärneorden Grand Cross 1912 (2020-02-26) DSC05055 (1).jpg — Wolfmann — CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historisk_Museum_Oslo_Norway_ROALD_AMUNDSEN%27S_Medals_and_Decorations._Sweden_ORDER_OF_THE_POLAR_STAR_Nordstj%C3%A4rneorden_Grand_Cross_1912_(2020-02-26)_DSC05055_(1).jpg

Footage from Storyblocks, Kris's Unlimited All Access account. Music: Pulsar, Laniakea, False Vacuum Decay, Spaghettification and Red Shift by Density & Time, YouTube Audio Library. Narration: AI voice (ElevenLabs).

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