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 | Amundsen Sea Amundsen Sea, arm of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, bordered by Thurston Island and Cape Dart. |
| Bellingshausen Sea Bellingshausen Sea, part of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, SW of Cape Horn between the Antarctic Peninsula and Amundsen Sea. |
| Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land, area of W Antarctica, E of the Ross Shelf Ice and the Ross Sea and S of the Amundsen Sea; the Ford Ranges lie in the northwest part. |
| Antarctic Explorers: Roald Amundsen (3604 words) |
| Amundsen admitted that he was heavily in debt and knew that his best chance of raising money was to bring off a spectacular triumph. |
| Amundsen's excuse to the others was that Hanssen was suffering too severely from frostbite to linger behind...the men were not totally convinced. |
| Amundsen's decision was not a revengeful one as he felt that if the Pole party were not successful, at least there might still be a "first" gained for Norway. |
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