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South Pole Race: “Mummy, is Amundsen a good man?”
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Rold Amonson's Last Chance to Win the Polar Race
Rold amonson, victorious and very much alive, was now being accused by the norwegian establishment of having lost his mind. But perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. Amonson's skill and ruthlessness had brought him brilliant success, but that same ruthlessness had helped to isolate him. It was at this moment in his life, ostracized and financially distressed, that amonson received word that an airship had crashed over the arctic ice,. stranding his former friend and colleague, on burton nobelays radioing for help.
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