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Roald Amundsen South Pole - Part 5: Reflections on the impact of the expedition
The return by sea felt like a passage into another element. Where the polar plateau had been a world of crystalline silence, the ship was a living machine responding to the waves. At dawn, the men stood at the rail, feeling the vessel pitch as it rose and fell on the swells. The salty air brought a different smell, a low metallic tang of coal smoke and iron.
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