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[00:04.60]Chapter 6 A Bad Start
[00:10.30]On August 23rd,the Norwegians'sledges were ready．
[00:15.68]They took them outside,
[00:17.53]and the dogs pulled them across the ice．
[00:21.90]The sun came up for half an hour,
[00:25.04]but it was too cold：－46°Centigrade．
[00:31.69]They could not travel in that weather．
[00:35.08]They went back to Framheim and waited．
[00:40.52]They waited two weeks,until September 8th．
[00:45.71]Then,with the temperature at－37°Centigrade,they started．
[00:54.14]They ran happily across the snow to the south-
[00:57.89]eight men,seven sledges,and eighty-six dogs．
[01:04.05]Only Lindstrom,the cook,
[01:06.54]stayed behind in Framheim．
[01:11.06]At first everything went well．
[01:14.35]They went twenty-eight kilometres on Saturday,
[01:17.85]and twenty-eight kilometres on Sunday
[01:21.00]It was easy．Then,on Monday,
[01:25.53]the temperature went down to －56°Centigrade．
[01:31.31]There was white fog in front of their faces．
[01:35.13]They couldn't see anything．
[01:38.73]But they travelled twenty-eight kilometres．
[01:42.48]That night,in their tents,
[01:46.28]they nearly died of cold．
[01:49.56]Next day,they stopped and made snow houses．
[01:54.63]Inside the snow houses,it was warm.
[01:58.74]But everyone was unhappy．
[02:01.94]'I told you,Roald!'Johansen said．
[02:05.60]'Even September is too early!
[02:09.31]We can't travel in this cold．
[02:13.23]Do you want us to die?
[02:15.98]Let's go back and wait for better weather．'
[02:21.01]Amundsen was very angry．
[02:23.96]He was angry with Johansen,
[02:26.14]but he was angry with himself,too．
[02:29.35]He knew Johansen was right．
[02:33.06]'All right,'he said slowly．
[02:37.44]'We can go on to the depot at 80°South,
[02:41.73]leave the food there,and then go back．
[02:46.39]We can't do more than that．'
[02:50.41]It was thirty-seven kilometres to the depot．
[02:54.21]The wind was in their faces all day．
[02:58.79]Two dogs died on the way．
[03:03.06]At the depot,they did not stop．
[03:06.75]They put out the food and the flags,
[03:09.89]turned round,and went north．
[03:14.45]At last the wind was behind them．
[03:17.34]The dogs ran quickly,
[03:18.95]and the men sat on the empty sledges．
[03:21.64]They went faster and faster．It was like a race．
[03:25.82]Amundsen was on Wisting's sledge,
[03:28.41]and soon he,Wisting,
[03:29.87]and Hanssen were three or four kilometres in front．
[03:33.28]Soon they were alone．
[03:35.65]They travelled seventy-five kilometres in nine hours,
[03:39.87]and they reached Framheim at four o'clock that afternoon．
[03:44.47]Bjaaland arrived two hours later,
[03:48.54]with two more men．
[03:51.22]But the last two-Johansen and Prestrud-went more slowly．
[03:57.82]Their dogs were tired,
[03:59.98]their feet were wet and cold,they had no food,
[04:04.74]and they were alone in the dark．
[04:08.77]The temperature was－51°Centigrade．
[04:14.43]They reached Framheim at midnight．
[04:19.86]Next morning,Johansen was angry．
[04:23.64]In front of everyone,
[04:25.37]he said：'You were wrong,Roald．
[04:29.32]September was too early．
[04:32.84]I told you but you didn't listen．
[04:37.36]And then you left us alone and we nearly died in the cold!
[04:44.74]You're a bad captain-
[04:47.54]I'm a better captain than you are!'
[04:52.01]Amundsen was very angry．
[04:55.05]But at first he said nothing,
[04:59.41]because he knew that Johansen was right．
[05:04.35]Then,that evening,
[05:06.90]he gave a letter to Johansen．
[05:09.99]It said：You aren't coming to the Pole with me．
[05:15.53]When I go south,you can take some dogs
[05:19.18]and go east to King Edward Ⅶ Land．
[05:23.34]You can go with Prestrud and Stubberud．
[05:27.24]You can be the first men to go there-
[05:30.39]but not to the South Pole!
[05:35.30]The Norwegians stayed in Framheim and waited．
[05:39.78]They lay in bed,listened to the wind outside,
[05:44.86]and thought about Scott and his motor sledges．