Why Amundsen Killed His Dogs- a lesson from the Heroic Age

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Background

Resources and Reference Materials
../../ - The starting place for all information on Polar matters

http://www.south-pole.com- excellent encyclopedic arcticles on explorers of the Heroic Age and stamps!

http://magic.geol.ucsb.edu/~geol10/students/race.html- excellent analysis of the Scott and Amundsen expeditions

http://www.nsis.com/~sled.dogs/index.html- all about dogsledding today

http://ics.soe.umich.edu/JourneyNorth/IAPProfile.html- a contemporary sledding expedition

http://www.wscoin.com/Info/Antarctica20Dollar.htm- background on Amundsen

http://www.greenland-guide.dk/dogsledge.htm- more on dogsledding

http://www.peta-online.org/index.html- animal rights activist group

http://www.animalrights.net/ -an opposing view to Peta

“The Last Place on Earth “- video, BFS Productions- available from PBS

The Last Place on Earth- Roland Huntsford

Below the Covergence-Alan Gurney

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