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A piecing together of diary entries, newspaper reports, and The South Pole accounts paints a full picture of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition’s arrival and stay in Buenos Aires, as portrayed in this chapter. Events include the following: The welcoming of the expedition by expedition patron Don Pedro Christophersen and the Norwegian La Plata Society of Argentina on May 23, 1912; the gifting of some of the South Pole dogs to Don Pedro Christophersen and his family; the presentation and speech by Amundsen at a commemorative banquet; the naming of an Antarctic mountain for Christophersen; the exhibition of the remaining sled dogs at the Buenos Aires Zoo; and the departure of most of the expedition members to Norway on June 7, with the exception of Roald Amundsen, Thorvald Nilsen, a few crewmen, and the 22 sled dogs.
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Notes on Original Material and Unpublished Sources
Notes on Original Material and Unpublished Sources
Roald Amundsen’s expedition diary, quoted in this chapter, is in the Manuscripts Collection at the National Library of Norway (NB) in Oslo. (The excerpts quoted are translated from the original Norwegian.)
All Roald Amundsen letters of correspondence quoted in this chapter, written from and to Roald Amundsen and Leon Amundsen, are in the Manuscripts Collection at the National Library of Norway (NB) in Oslo.
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Mercedes Christophersen, Alejandro Christophersen, and Jorge Eduardo Christophersen, descendants of the Don Pedro Christophersen family, conversations with the author, Buenos Aires, 27–30 March 2011 and 12 January 2012.
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R. Amundsen Antarctic expedition diary, 10 May 1912 listing in notes following the 20 March 1912 entry, NB Ms.8º 1196.
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R. Amundsen Antarctic expedition diary, Buenos Aires listing in notes following the 20 March 1912 entry, NB Ms. 8º 1196.
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Archival photographs, Picture Collection, National Library of Norway, Oslo, SURA34 and SURA35.
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L. Amundsen to L. Keedick, letter, 1 July 1912, NB Brevs. 812:2:g.
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R. Amundsen Antarctic expedition diary, 12 June 1912 listing in notes following the 20 March 1912 entry, NB Ms. 8º 1196.
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Tahan, M.R. (2021). Arrivals and Departures: Buenos Aires, Norway, and Don Pedro Christophersen. In: The Return of the South Pole Sled Dogs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65113-8_10
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