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Polheim
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Also known as Amundsen's Tent

Polheim ("Home at the Pole") was Roald Amundsen's name for his camp (the first) at the South Pole. He arrived there on 14 December 1911, along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.

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Polheim Camp
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Antarctic Camp
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Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-160.jpg
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300px
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Amundsen (at left) and companions at Polheim, South Pole, December 1911
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350px
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Antarctica
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yes
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Location of Polheim in Antarctica
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Location of Polheim in Antarctica
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Country
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Location in Antarctica
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South PoleAntarctica
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Established
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Evacuated
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Population
5
Image
Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-160.jpg
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inception
1911-12-14
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1911-12-18
Commons category
Amundsen's Tent
catalog code
HSM-80
native label
Polheim
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  • Calculations
  • The tent
  • See also
  • References
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Polheim ("Home at the Pole") was Roald Amundsen's name for his camp (the first) at the South Pole. He arrived there on 14 December 1911, along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.

== Calculations == thumb|Fram's flag, hoisted beneath the Norwegian flag atop the Polheim tent. At the first estimated position of the South Pole, Amundsen declared ''"So we plant you, dear flag, on the South Pole, and give the plain on which it lies the name King Haakon VII's Plateau." Both the Norwegian and Fram's'' flag were planted.

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