1 00:03:29,775 --> 00:03:31,775 I can't feel my feet! 2 00:03:34,358 --> 00:03:36,775 Don't worry. 3 00:03:36,858 --> 00:03:38,525 You'll be fine. 4 00:03:43,817 --> 00:03:45,775 We're almost there. 5 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:43,358 In England they believe Amundsen is dead. 6 00:06:12,858 --> 00:06:14,525 Just leave whatever you've stolen 7 00:06:14,608 --> 00:06:16,275 and get the hell out of here. 8 00:06:16,358 --> 00:06:19,025 - Go. Leave! - Who are you? 9 00:06:19,108 --> 00:06:20,275 Who are you? 10 00:06:20,358 --> 00:06:23,900 I'm sorry, I'm... Roald's brother. 11 00:06:23,983 --> 00:06:25,650 Oh, yeah? 12 00:06:32,817 --> 00:06:34,483 I'm Leon. 13 00:06:34,567 --> 00:06:36,067 Oh, I'm sorry. 14 00:06:36,150 --> 00:06:37,733 No, I'm sorry. 15 00:06:37,817 --> 00:06:38,983 I thought no one was home. 16 00:06:39,067 --> 00:06:40,275 I didn't realize. 17 00:06:42,858 --> 00:06:44,400 Bess Magids. 18 00:06:44,483 --> 00:06:46,358 I arrived just yesterday. 19 00:06:46,442 --> 00:06:48,942 He... didn't tell you? 20 00:06:49,025 --> 00:06:50,983 No. 21 00:06:51,942 --> 00:06:53,983 I... 22 00:06:54,067 --> 00:06:55,483 I'm sorry I intruded, 23 00:06:55,567 --> 00:06:57,858 and I'll let you get back to sleep. 24 00:06:57,942 --> 00:06:59,900 No, it's fine. I... 25 00:07:01,317 --> 00:07:02,983 I can't sleep. 26 00:07:03,067 --> 00:07:05,192 I guess I'm still on Canada time. 27 00:07:08,525 --> 00:07:10,275 How do you know my brother? 28 00:07:10,358 --> 00:07:13,567 Oh, well, we've known each other for a couple years now. 29 00:07:16,025 --> 00:07:17,650 There isn't... 30 00:07:17,733 --> 00:07:20,358 a-any news, by any chance? 31 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:23,192 No. 32 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,275 I know I saw a bottle of wine around here somewhere. 33 00:07:33,983 --> 00:07:36,567 - Personally, I prefer whiskey, but... - Oh. 34 00:07:36,650 --> 00:07:38,358 This is better than nothing. 35 00:07:46,525 --> 00:07:48,400 He was supposed to fly across the pole 36 00:07:48,483 --> 00:07:51,067 and be back in good time to meet me here. 37 00:07:52,650 --> 00:07:54,900 Instead, there's Wisting, 38 00:07:54,983 --> 00:07:57,358 waiting as I stepped off. 39 00:07:58,525 --> 00:08:00,692 - Good man, Wisting. - Mm. 40 00:08:00,775 --> 00:08:03,233 He seemed a little bit more worried than either of us. 41 00:08:03,317 --> 00:08:05,692 Yeah. 42 00:08:07,442 --> 00:08:10,025 It is weird, looking at you. 43 00:08:10,108 --> 00:08:11,900 Why? 44 00:08:11,983 --> 00:08:13,858 I'm sorry, I... 45 00:08:13,942 --> 00:08:15,817 I didn't think you two looked alike at first, 46 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:16,983 but now I... 47 00:08:18,107 --> 00:08:19,942 So he hasn't spoken about me? 48 00:08:21,232 --> 00:08:23,275 Oh, well... 49 00:08:24,525 --> 00:08:26,817 He mentioned he had many brothers, of course. 50 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:28,732 But he hasn't really talked about me. 51 00:08:28,817 --> 00:08:30,067 No, but... 52 00:08:30,150 --> 00:08:33,358 We don't talk about family and such. 53 00:08:33,442 --> 00:08:35,192 But he talked about the expeditions, right? 54 00:08:35,275 --> 00:08:37,942 The Northwest Passage and the South Pole? 55 00:08:38,025 --> 00:08:39,525 Of course. 56 00:08:39,608 --> 00:08:41,317 But nothing about me? 57 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,650 No, but you weren't on any of those. 58 00:08:45,733 --> 00:08:47,067 No, no, no. 59 00:08:59,275 --> 00:09:00,817 Roald and I, we're not really talking. 60 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:04,525 We haven't spoken for a few years now. 61 00:09:04,608 --> 00:09:06,400 Really? What happened? 62 00:09:11,483 --> 00:09:13,942 I'm sorry. You don't have to answer that. 63 00:09:14,025 --> 00:09:15,608 No, that's fine. 64 00:09:23,233 --> 00:09:24,483 We were four brothers, 65 00:09:24,567 --> 00:09:26,275 but mostly it was just Roald and I. 66 00:09:28,942 --> 00:09:30,983 And our father, did Roald talk to you about him? 67 00:09:31,067 --> 00:09:32,942 He owned ships or something, 68 00:09:33,025 --> 00:09:35,733 and was an adventurer? 69 00:09:35,817 --> 00:09:38,233 I don't know about adventurer, 70 00:09:38,317 --> 00:09:41,983 but he always came home with the best gifts, you know? 71 00:09:46,275 --> 00:09:48,733 I remember when he came home with that globe. 72 00:09:55,483 --> 00:09:57,817 What's that in the middle? 73 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:00,650 So the air can reach the flame. 74 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:03,192 No, what's there? 75 00:10:03,275 --> 00:10:04,983 For real. 76 00:10:05,067 --> 00:10:09,442 No one knows. No one has ever been that far north. 77 00:10:09,525 --> 00:10:11,525 Some believe 78 00:10:11,608 --> 00:10:13,942 there is land up there. 79 00:10:14,025 --> 00:10:16,025 Yet to be discovered. 80 00:10:16,108 --> 00:10:19,400 Roald kept staring at the holes at the poles. 81 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:23,567 Everything else was already mapped out by then. 82 00:10:23,650 --> 00:10:27,150 But, you know, those holes, those areas, 83 00:10:27,233 --> 00:10:29,817 were all that was left to discover, really. 84 00:10:36,150 --> 00:10:38,483 Roald became obsessed with the poles. 85 00:10:39,692 --> 00:10:42,400 Look! Four degrees! 86 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:46,858 He started experimenting with polar conditions. 87 00:10:49,525 --> 00:10:51,358 Good night. 88 00:10:53,942 --> 00:10:55,483 And you. 89 00:10:55,567 --> 00:10:59,983 - Just a little more? - No, you can read more tomorrow. 90 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:03,942 Good night, Roald. 91 00:11:04,942 --> 00:11:07,150 Our father died at sea, 92 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:09,483 thousands of miles from home. 93 00:11:10,817 --> 00:11:13,483 Then a few years later our mother fell ill. 94 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:18,650 Leon, take care of your brother. 95 00:11:18,733 --> 00:11:22,358 You're the big brother. Take care of Roald. 96 00:11:29,358 --> 00:11:30,942 When Fridtjof Nansen 97 00:11:31,025 --> 00:11:33,317 returned in triumph after being the first man 98 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,983 to cross Greenland on skis, 99 00:11:36,067 --> 00:11:38,650 it was impossible to hold us back. 100 00:11:47,317 --> 00:11:49,525 From that day, Roald and I knew exactly 101 00:11:49,608 --> 00:11:51,400 what we were going to be. 102 00:11:54,650 --> 00:11:58,108 Our first test was this excursion to Hardangervidda. 103 00:11:58,192 --> 00:11:59,858 We got caught in a blizzard. 104 00:11:59,942 --> 00:12:03,025 I kept walking in circles all night to keep safe. 105 00:12:03,108 --> 00:12:06,192 In the morning I realized that Roald was gone. 106 00:12:06,817 --> 00:12:08,442 Roald! 107 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:12,983 Instead of walking in circles, 108 00:12:13,067 --> 00:12:15,650 he had taken shelter in a snow cave. 109 00:12:15,733 --> 00:12:17,334 But the temperature dropped during the night, 110 00:12:17,358 --> 00:12:20,025 so he woke up in this coffin of ice. 111 00:12:23,442 --> 00:12:25,192 Roald! 112 00:12:35,192 --> 00:12:37,233 Roald! 113 00:12:37,317 --> 00:12:39,025 Roald! 114 00:12:49,275 --> 00:12:51,025 Hang in there! 115 00:13:19,525 --> 00:13:22,108 His reaction made me realize 116 00:13:22,192 --> 00:13:25,067 that he had something that I didn't have. 117 00:13:25,150 --> 00:13:27,400 I didn't really know what it was. 118 00:13:27,942 --> 00:13:30,567 I just knew for sure that I didn't have it. 119 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,275 You saved his life. 120 00:13:39,317 --> 00:13:41,037 I can't help it. I keep looking at the door, 121 00:13:41,108 --> 00:13:43,358 thinking he's going to suddenly burst in. 122 00:13:50,358 --> 00:13:52,192 Keep talking, please. 123 00:13:52,275 --> 00:13:54,358 It's good to hear you talk. 124 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,983 - The Northwest Passage? - Yes. 125 00:14:20,067 --> 00:14:22,525 Roald was the second officer on the first ship 126 00:14:22,608 --> 00:14:24,525 to spend the winter in the Antarctic, you know. 127 00:14:24,608 --> 00:14:27,733 After that, he came up with this crazy plan 128 00:14:27,817 --> 00:14:29,525 to use a small fishing vessel 129 00:14:29,608 --> 00:14:33,025 to do what the huge British expeditions had failed to. 130 00:14:33,108 --> 00:14:34,483 You weren't on it? 131 00:14:34,567 --> 00:14:35,983 No, no, no. 132 00:14:36,067 --> 00:14:39,025 I stayed home and took care of the funding. 133 00:14:39,108 --> 00:14:41,567 Roald went to confront the ice. 134 00:14:41,650 --> 00:14:43,233 And you, the creditors. 135 00:14:45,067 --> 00:14:47,650 The first man to sail through the last path 136 00:14:47,733 --> 00:14:49,733 of the Northwest Passage. 137 00:14:49,817 --> 00:14:53,567 The up-and-coming young Norwegian explorer, 138 00:14:53,650 --> 00:14:55,358 Roald Amundsen. 139 00:14:55,900 --> 00:14:59,358 THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, LONDON 140 00:15:07,067 --> 00:15:09,025 Thank you. It's... 141 00:15:15,483 --> 00:15:16,775 Thank you. Um... 142 00:15:16,858 --> 00:15:18,775 It's... 143 00:15:18,858 --> 00:15:20,608 It's such an honor to be here. 144 00:15:20,692 --> 00:15:21,858 Thank you. 145 00:15:24,858 --> 00:15:26,400 I would also like to thank you, 146 00:15:26,483 --> 00:15:28,192 Dr. Nansen. 147 00:15:28,275 --> 00:15:31,983 I would not be standing here today if it wasn't for your... 148 00:15:32,067 --> 00:15:33,608 your advice, your support. 149 00:15:33,692 --> 00:15:35,150 Thank you. 150 00:15:36,692 --> 00:15:40,192 In our quest for the Northwest Passage, 151 00:15:40,275 --> 00:15:42,567 we spent two winters in a small, 152 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:44,775 completely isolated harbor 153 00:15:44,858 --> 00:15:46,942 called Uqsuqtuuq. 154 00:15:48,442 --> 00:15:51,150 We named the place Gjoa Haven. 155 00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:53,608 A bit easier to pronounce. 156 00:15:54,900 --> 00:16:00,150 And here we got the chance to meet and study 157 00:16:00,233 --> 00:16:03,108 the Netsilik Inuits. 158 00:16:03,192 --> 00:16:05,650 They taught us invaluable lessons 159 00:16:05,733 --> 00:16:09,233 on how to survive in Arctic conditions. 160 00:16:09,317 --> 00:16:11,567 They travel efficiently over the ice 161 00:16:11,650 --> 00:16:14,567 using lightweight sledges, very light, 162 00:16:14,650 --> 00:16:16,567 and polar dogs. 163 00:16:16,650 --> 00:16:20,358 And this method proved absolutely vital to us 164 00:16:20,442 --> 00:16:24,025 in our exploration of the land. 165 00:16:24,108 --> 00:16:27,358 The Netsilik way of life is, of course, unique 166 00:16:27,442 --> 00:16:30,733 and highly specialized, 167 00:16:30,817 --> 00:16:35,233 and they are now among the last indigenous people who have yet 168 00:16:35,317 --> 00:16:37,400 to encounter missionaries from the south. 169 00:16:37,483 --> 00:16:39,567 So... 170 00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:41,817 - Well, not for long, eh? - Hear, hear. 171 00:16:48,192 --> 00:16:49,983 It's... 172 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:55,233 I hear people say lots of things about the Inuit. 173 00:16:56,275 --> 00:16:58,483 That they are lazy, for example. 174 00:16:58,566 --> 00:17:00,525 Well, they are not lazy. 175 00:17:00,608 --> 00:17:01,900 They are smart. 176 00:17:01,983 --> 00:17:04,400 They know that if you hurry too much, you sweat too much. 177 00:17:04,483 --> 00:17:06,483 And if you sweat too much in freezing temperatures, 178 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:08,816 that could mean the end of your life. 179 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:11,400 You see, Roald had learned basic survival skills 180 00:17:11,483 --> 00:17:12,691 from the Inuits. 181 00:17:12,775 --> 00:17:14,400 This was key to fulfill our dream, 182 00:17:14,483 --> 00:17:16,650 becoming the first to reach the North Pole. 183 00:17:16,733 --> 00:17:19,483 But the British didn't seem to take these lessons 184 00:17:19,567 --> 00:17:22,942 in so-called "primitive survival skills" seriously, 185 00:17:23,025 --> 00:17:25,650 even though they were planning an expedition of their own. 186 00:17:25,733 --> 00:17:29,817 That was a well-presented lecture, Amundsen. 187 00:17:29,900 --> 00:17:33,358 The English are skeptical to polar dogs. 188 00:17:33,442 --> 00:17:35,483 They prefer setters. 189 00:17:35,567 --> 00:17:38,442 Mr. Scott. 190 00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:41,400 My friend, how are you? 191 00:17:41,483 --> 00:17:43,067 Good to see you. 192 00:17:43,150 --> 00:17:44,775 You have met, I presume? 193 00:17:44,858 --> 00:17:46,525 - No. - Ah. 194 00:17:46,608 --> 00:17:50,317 Roald Amundsen, this... This is Robert Falcon Scott. 195 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,150 Pleasure to meet you. 196 00:17:52,233 --> 00:17:55,858 And congratulations. I'm deeply impressed. 197 00:17:55,942 --> 00:17:58,317 Well, the pleasure is all mine. 198 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,525 You know, the stories of British explorers 199 00:18:02,608 --> 00:18:04,733 changed my life. 200 00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:06,442 John Franklin, I mean. 201 00:18:06,525 --> 00:18:09,150 We would never have made it without the British pioneers. 202 00:18:09,233 --> 00:18:12,400 But someone had to take the last step. 203 00:18:12,483 --> 00:18:14,775 And with such a tiny fishing vessel. 204 00:18:14,858 --> 00:18:16,817 - Who'd have thought it? - No, no. 205 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:18,733 She was tired at the end, but... 206 00:18:18,817 --> 00:18:20,275 And you? 207 00:18:20,358 --> 00:18:22,067 Ambassador Nansen? 208 00:18:23,525 --> 00:18:26,900 I assume that you're ready to explore again. 209 00:18:30,483 --> 00:18:32,483 You heading for the pole? 210 00:18:32,567 --> 00:18:35,317 Which is it to be? 211 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,150 - North or South? - Mm... 212 00:18:37,233 --> 00:18:40,233 I'm still tied up in diplomacy, I'm afraid. 213 00:18:40,317 --> 00:18:43,108 Of course. After all... 214 00:18:43,192 --> 00:18:46,233 there are more important things than examining ice. 215 00:18:46,317 --> 00:18:47,775 Gentlemen. 216 00:18:49,525 --> 00:18:51,025 A pleasure. 217 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:00,150 Do you think he's going north or south? 218 00:19:00,233 --> 00:19:02,358 Remember this, Amundsen: 219 00:19:02,442 --> 00:19:05,483 Studying the Arctic is not about being first, 220 00:19:05,567 --> 00:19:11,358 but about exploring the waters' area, depth and character. 221 00:19:19,442 --> 00:19:22,192 They're all planning expeditions. 222 00:19:22,275 --> 00:19:24,608 We don't have much time. 223 00:19:24,692 --> 00:19:26,525 To cover 3000 km in 100 days, 224 00:19:26,608 --> 00:19:30,358 we need minimum weight and maximum speed. 225 00:19:30,442 --> 00:19:35,733 The English have motor sleds. Scott tested them up in Finse. 226 00:19:35,817 --> 00:19:39,233 I'd prefer polar bears to pull our sleds. 227 00:19:39,317 --> 00:19:43,358 But I probably won't go for that in this situation. 228 00:19:43,442 --> 00:19:47,442 Only one thing is proven for something like this: 229 00:19:47,525 --> 00:19:49,525 Polar dogs. 230 00:19:49,608 --> 00:19:51,650 Many polar dogs. 231 00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:53,858 Suddenly, Nansen's wife 232 00:19:53,942 --> 00:19:55,525 became seriously ill. 233 00:19:55,608 --> 00:19:58,900 And we saw that as an opening to borrow his ship, Fram. 234 00:20:00,442 --> 00:20:02,067 We don't want visitors. 235 00:20:02,150 --> 00:20:06,608 I understand. I apologize. My name is Roald Amundsen. 236 00:20:08,150 --> 00:20:10,317 Your father knows who I am. 237 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,067 If you could tell him it's me, 238 00:20:13,150 --> 00:20:15,817 perhaps that will change matters? 239 00:20:24,150 --> 00:20:26,567 I'll let you have Fram. 240 00:20:26,650 --> 00:20:28,317 On two conditions. 241 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,567 One: 242 00:20:30,650 --> 00:20:32,733 Hjalmar Johansen... 243 00:20:32,817 --> 00:20:35,025 constantly comes begging for money. 244 00:20:35,108 --> 00:20:38,608 But I am the one who's indebted to him. 245 00:20:38,692 --> 00:20:41,108 He deserves a second chance. 246 00:20:41,192 --> 00:20:44,317 I thought Johansen wasn't in any condition to... 247 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:48,483 - Doesn't he drink? - Hjalmar is going with you. 248 00:20:49,775 --> 00:20:50,983 And the second? 249 00:20:51,067 --> 00:20:55,358 I don't want Fram used for some headless race to the North Pole. 250 00:20:55,442 --> 00:20:57,942 This is a research mission. 251 00:20:59,067 --> 00:21:00,233 Research. 252 00:21:00,317 --> 00:21:01,817 Understood? 253 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:05,900 Black six-man tents, 20 pairs of hickory skis, 254 00:21:05,983 --> 00:21:08,192 five cooking pots, two sextants, 255 00:21:08,275 --> 00:21:13,858 one spirit compass, two field glasses, two cameras and three hypsometers. 256 00:21:13,942 --> 00:21:16,775 One challenge related to speed 257 00:21:16,858 --> 00:21:20,150 is that at temperatures below minus 25, 258 00:21:20,233 --> 00:21:23,317 the snow changes consistency. 259 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:28,733 We can solve that with a thin layer of ice under the runners. 260 00:21:28,817 --> 00:21:30,483 But the weight is key. 261 00:21:30,567 --> 00:21:32,942 Each sled must be under one ton. 262 00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:34,900 We have the dogs. 263 00:21:35,817 --> 00:21:39,025 - Meaning? - As the weight decreases, 264 00:21:39,108 --> 00:21:41,942 we won't need as many sled dogs. 265 00:21:42,025 --> 00:21:47,775 Polar dogs are cannibals, so they will provide well for us and them. 266 00:21:49,525 --> 00:21:53,567 That's nature. It's no worse with a dog than a pig. 267 00:21:53,650 --> 00:21:56,067 You see a difference between a dog and a pig? 268 00:21:56,150 --> 00:21:57,858 I think most people do. 269 00:21:57,942 --> 00:22:02,442 I'm not happy about eating loyal travel companions. 270 00:22:03,358 --> 00:22:08,858 The question is: Do we want to be first, or is that not so important? 271 00:22:12,358 --> 00:22:14,025 Wisting! 272 00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:18,233 So then we started gathering the crew. 273 00:22:21,192 --> 00:22:22,650 210. 274 00:22:22,733 --> 00:22:25,233 You'll probably be 275 00:22:25,317 --> 00:22:29,817 the first one to discover new land up there in the ice. 276 00:22:29,900 --> 00:22:34,442 Thank you, but I want you to have that honor, Captain. 277 00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:50,150 ...all the information. 278 00:22:53,442 --> 00:22:55,150 What is it? 279 00:22:56,775 --> 00:22:58,858 Captain. 280 00:22:58,942 --> 00:23:01,275 I came as quick as I could. 281 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,317 Is something wrong? 282 00:23:07,150 --> 00:23:08,817 Roald? 283 00:23:17,275 --> 00:23:18,942 What does it say? 284 00:23:21,150 --> 00:23:23,567 "North Pole Reached." 285 00:23:23,733 --> 00:23:26,900 - Frederick Cook? - Cook? 286 00:23:26,983 --> 00:23:31,108 "Cook left his diaries with a local hunter." He has no evidence. 287 00:23:31,192 --> 00:23:33,858 The expedition is dead. 288 00:23:33,942 --> 00:23:38,983 - Even if he didn't actually make it? - And he has no evidence? 289 00:23:47,983 --> 00:23:49,525 Roald is right. 290 00:23:51,983 --> 00:23:54,025 As long as they claim it, 291 00:23:54,108 --> 00:23:56,817 it's no longer newsworthy. 292 00:23:57,817 --> 00:24:01,067 No one will finance our expedition. 293 00:24:03,483 --> 00:24:05,192 It's over. 294 00:25:06,608 --> 00:25:08,483 We'll continue as planned. 295 00:25:08,567 --> 00:25:10,858 But go to the South Pole. 296 00:25:13,192 --> 00:25:14,858 Let's just do it. 297 00:25:17,192 --> 00:25:18,567 OK. 298 00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:20,025 But how? 299 00:25:20,108 --> 00:25:25,067 Let's keep it secret, tell no one, and go all in. 300 00:25:25,150 --> 00:25:27,400 Mum's the word. 301 00:25:27,483 --> 00:25:29,400 Yes. 302 00:25:29,483 --> 00:25:32,733 That means we have to lie to everyone. 303 00:25:32,817 --> 00:25:35,317 Nansen, of course, but... 304 00:25:38,108 --> 00:25:39,650 Also the King. 305 00:25:40,692 --> 00:25:42,442 But that... 306 00:25:43,525 --> 00:25:46,067 We won't worry about that. 307 00:25:48,567 --> 00:25:52,108 Let's instead think about what happens... 308 00:25:52,192 --> 00:25:54,067 if we succeed. 309 00:25:58,150 --> 00:25:59,983 Imagine if we succeed. 310 00:26:00,067 --> 00:26:01,858 Imagine if we succeed! 311 00:26:07,525 --> 00:26:09,317 Hi, Hjalmar. 312 00:26:14,150 --> 00:26:15,692 What? 313 00:26:15,775 --> 00:26:19,775 Are you planning on bringing that cabin up north? 314 00:26:19,858 --> 00:26:23,650 You know it will get crushed in the ice. 315 00:26:23,733 --> 00:26:25,733 Churned into the sea. 316 00:26:25,817 --> 00:26:29,942 Are you that confident you'll find land up there? 317 00:26:31,817 --> 00:26:35,983 - Did you row all the way from town? - Yes. 318 00:26:36,067 --> 00:26:37,733 Have to use my strength for something. 319 00:26:37,817 --> 00:26:39,942 True. 320 00:26:40,942 --> 00:26:42,567 I... 321 00:26:43,608 --> 00:26:45,650 I'm a different man 322 00:26:45,733 --> 00:26:48,108 up there in the ice. 323 00:26:48,192 --> 00:26:49,525 Just ask Nansen. 324 00:26:51,775 --> 00:26:53,858 When he hurt his back, I had to carry him. 325 00:26:56,108 --> 00:26:57,817 Did you know that? 326 00:27:00,233 --> 00:27:02,358 I suppose that's how it is. 327 00:27:02,442 --> 00:27:05,108 We're all better men up there. 328 00:27:07,858 --> 00:27:09,483 Why not join us? 329 00:27:12,358 --> 00:27:14,192 Perhaps you're too old. 330 00:27:14,275 --> 00:27:16,567 - I'm two years older than you! - Is that all? 331 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,775 No, I need to stay here. 332 00:27:20,858 --> 00:27:23,150 We're still not financed 100%. 333 00:27:23,233 --> 00:27:25,525 I spoke to a radio producer. 334 00:27:28,067 --> 00:27:30,525 I can't bring a radio. 335 00:27:30,608 --> 00:27:33,900 Then Nansen will contact me. Tell me to turn back. 336 00:27:35,650 --> 00:27:38,150 When are we going to tell him? 337 00:27:41,858 --> 00:27:43,608 When it's too late. 338 00:27:47,317 --> 00:27:50,150 MADEIRA, SEPTEMBER 9, 1910 339 00:27:51,983 --> 00:27:55,775 Many people have had many questions 340 00:27:55,858 --> 00:27:58,817 about this expedition. 341 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:03,483 Why we are bringing a cabin up to the Arctic drift ice. 342 00:28:03,567 --> 00:28:07,275 Why we brought 90 polar dogs from Kristiansand, 343 00:28:07,358 --> 00:28:12,317 instead of picking them up in Alaska on our way back north. 344 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,108 And the truth of the matter is... 345 00:28:15,192 --> 00:28:17,025 that... 346 00:28:17,942 --> 00:28:20,108 We have no intention 347 00:28:20,192 --> 00:28:21,942 of heading north again 348 00:28:22,025 --> 00:28:24,858 after rounding Cape Horn. 349 00:28:28,567 --> 00:28:31,650 We are going to continue southward. 350 00:28:34,275 --> 00:28:37,983 The British plan to annex Antarctica. 351 00:28:38,067 --> 00:28:41,067 Robert Scott is on his way with 65 men, 352 00:28:41,150 --> 00:28:44,275 motorized sleds and horses. 353 00:28:44,358 --> 00:28:47,108 It appears the only thing 354 00:28:48,192 --> 00:28:50,567 he forgot to consider... 355 00:28:51,692 --> 00:28:53,067 is us. 356 00:28:54,108 --> 00:28:56,275 Because we... 357 00:28:56,358 --> 00:29:00,275 are going to be the first... to reach the South Pole. 358 00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:06,442 So all I really need to know is that I have 359 00:29:06,525 --> 00:29:08,650 your full... 360 00:29:08,733 --> 00:29:10,192 support. 361 00:29:10,275 --> 00:29:14,400 And that those who want to take part in this 362 00:29:14,483 --> 00:29:16,317 raise their hand. 363 00:29:33,692 --> 00:29:36,483 Very good. Then that's settled. 364 00:29:42,192 --> 00:29:44,483 - Good luck. - Thank you. 365 00:29:48,983 --> 00:29:53,817 At this moment King Haakon is being informed of our change of plans. 366 00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:57,150 I ask you not to judge me too harshly. 367 00:29:57,233 --> 00:30:01,567 I assure you that I one day shall resume the original plan 368 00:30:01,650 --> 00:30:06,025 and study the ocean currents around the North Pole. 369 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:20,983 This is no longer an expedition. 370 00:30:21,067 --> 00:30:22,358 It's a race. 371 00:30:43,525 --> 00:30:45,858 This is Antarctica. 372 00:30:47,442 --> 00:30:49,692 The coldest place on Earth. 373 00:30:49,775 --> 00:30:51,775 A desert of ice. 374 00:30:53,817 --> 00:30:59,108 First we raise our cabin, Framheim, at the Bay of Whales. 375 00:30:59,192 --> 00:31:05,442 We will spend the winter there, after placing depots along the route. 376 00:31:05,525 --> 00:31:08,317 Once the sun returns after the polar night, 377 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,108 we shall begin our 1300-kilometer-long journey 378 00:31:12,192 --> 00:31:14,067 to the South Pole. 379 00:31:15,025 --> 00:31:17,108 There is no map. 380 00:31:17,192 --> 00:31:21,025 And little information about what to expect. 381 00:31:21,108 --> 00:31:23,733 Only the knowledge 382 00:31:23,817 --> 00:31:25,942 that no human 383 00:31:26,025 --> 00:31:28,358 has set foot here before. 384 00:31:49,317 --> 00:31:52,483 FIRST ATTEMPT, SEPTEMBER 8, 1911 385 00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:12,858 It's minus 56 degrees! 386 00:32:14,358 --> 00:32:16,067 We have to turn back! 387 00:32:17,983 --> 00:32:19,775 We're all spread out! 388 00:32:19,858 --> 00:32:22,692 Turn back. Every man for himself! 389 00:32:22,775 --> 00:32:24,900 Let the others know! 390 00:32:26,942 --> 00:32:28,733 Are you all right? 391 00:32:29,817 --> 00:32:31,692 Yes, we're coming! 392 00:33:14,608 --> 00:33:16,275 I see you... 393 00:33:16,358 --> 00:33:18,692 You took your sweet time? 394 00:33:26,275 --> 00:33:28,275 We headed out too soon. 395 00:33:29,608 --> 00:33:32,692 You left us behind. You abandoned... 396 00:33:32,775 --> 00:33:37,983 I made it clear that it was every man for himself on the way back. 397 00:33:38,067 --> 00:33:41,275 You don't abandon your men 398 00:33:41,358 --> 00:33:42,692 to die! 399 00:33:42,775 --> 00:33:44,150 In a blizzard! 400 00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:52,025 Nansen would never have done that. 401 00:33:54,442 --> 00:33:56,983 This wasn't an expedition. 402 00:33:58,650 --> 00:34:00,858 This was panic. 403 00:34:00,942 --> 00:34:05,108 You set out too early, to get a head start on Scott. 404 00:34:08,150 --> 00:34:09,650 The thing is... 405 00:34:10,858 --> 00:34:12,400 Scott. 406 00:34:16,692 --> 00:34:20,608 Scott has been preparing for four years. 407 00:34:21,858 --> 00:34:25,400 He's taking Shackleton's old route over the mountain. 408 00:34:25,483 --> 00:34:27,483 While we go this way. 409 00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:33,525 Through a terrain where no one has ever set foot. 410 00:34:34,858 --> 00:34:37,983 We may as well be on a foreign planet, Johansen. 411 00:34:38,067 --> 00:34:41,067 And you think... 412 00:34:41,150 --> 00:34:43,150 that should be without risk? 413 00:34:46,525 --> 00:34:49,150 Have I not made myself clear? 414 00:34:51,858 --> 00:34:53,775 Are there... 415 00:34:53,858 --> 00:34:56,400 certain individuals here 416 00:34:56,483 --> 00:34:58,442 who still don't understand 417 00:34:58,525 --> 00:35:01,608 what kind of undertaking this is? 418 00:35:02,942 --> 00:35:05,025 - No. - No. 419 00:35:08,692 --> 00:35:11,442 Because in that case... 420 00:35:11,525 --> 00:35:14,108 it might be useful, Johansen, 421 00:35:14,192 --> 00:35:18,692 if you shared with us, since you care so much for him, 422 00:35:18,775 --> 00:35:21,900 what Nansen's motto was 423 00:35:21,983 --> 00:35:24,608 when he crossed Greenland. 424 00:35:27,900 --> 00:35:29,608 What was it, 425 00:35:29,692 --> 00:35:31,650 Johansen? 426 00:35:33,733 --> 00:35:35,317 "Death..." 427 00:35:36,858 --> 00:35:40,442 "...or the west coast of Greenland." 428 00:35:40,525 --> 00:35:42,525 Yes. 429 00:35:42,608 --> 00:35:45,525 So what do you think ours is? 430 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,108 Johansen. 431 00:36:34,483 --> 00:36:36,233 I have... 432 00:36:39,525 --> 00:36:42,775 You won't be joining us any further. 433 00:36:44,233 --> 00:36:47,983 I want you to map the area around King Edward's Land. 434 00:36:48,067 --> 00:36:50,733 Under Presterud's command. 435 00:37:06,858 --> 00:37:09,275 Why are you telling me this? 436 00:37:09,358 --> 00:37:11,025 Maybe so you know a little bit more 437 00:37:11,108 --> 00:37:12,788 about the man you're getting involved with. 438 00:37:14,775 --> 00:37:17,733 Have you ever been out in Arctic conditions? 439 00:37:18,275 --> 00:37:19,733 No. 440 00:37:21,358 --> 00:37:23,775 Ever driven a dogsled in a blizzard? 441 00:37:23,858 --> 00:37:25,525 Why? 442 00:37:26,483 --> 00:37:28,150 I have. 443 00:37:43,317 --> 00:37:46,442 SECOND ATTEMPT, OCTOBER 20, 1911 444 00:38:20,817 --> 00:38:22,942 DAY 10 445 00:38:45,942 --> 00:38:47,650 Are you ready? 446 00:39:19,150 --> 00:39:21,400 DAY 24 447 00:40:25,192 --> 00:40:26,900 Wisting! 448 00:40:30,025 --> 00:40:31,692 Come on! 449 00:41:55,317 --> 00:41:57,817 Mount.. Bjaaland. 450 00:42:01,483 --> 00:42:03,900 Mount Hassel. 451 00:42:03,983 --> 00:42:05,608 Mount Hanssen. 452 00:42:06,608 --> 00:42:08,150 Mount Wisting. 453 00:42:12,858 --> 00:42:14,650 Mount Presterud. 454 00:42:17,525 --> 00:42:19,608 And Mount Johansen. 455 00:42:37,733 --> 00:42:39,942 We might as well 456 00:42:40,025 --> 00:42:41,650 get started. 457 00:42:42,608 --> 00:42:44,275 Want me to do it? 458 00:42:59,108 --> 00:43:01,192 It looks good to me. 459 00:43:05,567 --> 00:43:08,067 No thanks. I'm not that hungry. 460 00:43:08,150 --> 00:43:11,400 Ever seen a man with scurvy, Bjaaland? 461 00:43:12,525 --> 00:43:15,608 First you start acting strange. 462 00:43:15,692 --> 00:43:17,900 Listless and tired. 463 00:43:17,983 --> 00:43:19,567 Then... 464 00:43:19,650 --> 00:43:22,358 your gums start bleeding. 465 00:43:22,442 --> 00:43:24,317 Your teeth fall out. 466 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,858 Then old sores and fractures 467 00:43:26,942 --> 00:43:28,567 flare up again. 468 00:43:36,025 --> 00:43:38,942 What about you, Wisting? 469 00:43:39,025 --> 00:43:42,067 What are you thinking about? 470 00:43:42,150 --> 00:43:44,608 Just that... Here we are. 471 00:43:45,733 --> 00:43:49,983 In the world's largest wilderness. The same size 472 00:43:50,067 --> 00:43:52,483 as all of North America. 473 00:43:54,317 --> 00:43:55,733 And that flame... 474 00:43:57,608 --> 00:44:01,442 is the only source of heat on the entire continent. 475 00:44:03,525 --> 00:44:07,233 With the exception of Scott's, of course. 476 00:44:07,900 --> 00:44:10,025 DAY 40 477 00:44:28,025 --> 00:44:30,275 DAY 45 478 00:44:44,108 --> 00:44:46,650 DAY 55 479 00:45:23,733 --> 00:45:25,942 How far do we have left? 480 00:45:26,025 --> 00:45:27,942 I think we're very close. 481 00:45:28,025 --> 00:45:29,900 Very, very close. 482 00:45:37,150 --> 00:45:39,942 I don't know if those match mine. 483 00:45:40,983 --> 00:45:42,942 What do you have? 484 00:45:43,025 --> 00:45:44,525 Hang on. 485 00:45:44,608 --> 00:45:46,983 I'm double-checking now. 486 00:45:48,108 --> 00:45:51,150 As far as I can tell, it's correct. 487 00:46:23,983 --> 00:46:25,858 OK. 488 00:46:25,942 --> 00:46:28,233 So then... 489 00:46:28,317 --> 00:46:30,358 Then that's settled. 490 00:46:31,692 --> 00:46:33,775 Come on, let's do this. 491 00:46:33,858 --> 00:46:35,525 Let's do this. 492 00:46:46,275 --> 00:46:50,483 THE SOUTH POLE, DECEMBER 14, 1911 493 00:47:05,733 --> 00:47:07,442 Look at the flag. 494 00:47:15,942 --> 00:47:18,483 So which way is north? 495 00:47:18,567 --> 00:47:21,775 - That way, right? - No, that way. 496 00:47:21,858 --> 00:47:23,317 I'm thinking it's that way. 497 00:47:24,900 --> 00:47:27,942 Strange how it's all connected. 498 00:47:28,025 --> 00:47:32,150 And surely no one has ever been in a place 499 00:47:32,233 --> 00:47:37,192 more diametrically opposed to their stated goal. 500 00:47:37,275 --> 00:47:39,733 That's also amusing. 501 00:47:45,150 --> 00:47:46,858 Let him go. 502 00:48:01,858 --> 00:48:05,067 I wonder where the Englishmen are. 503 00:48:08,608 --> 00:48:10,942 Dear Captain Scott. 504 00:48:11,025 --> 00:48:14,733 As you are probably the first to reach this spot after us, 505 00:48:14,817 --> 00:48:18,192 I will ask you kindly to forward the enclosed letter 506 00:48:18,275 --> 00:48:21,067 to King Haakon VII. 507 00:48:21,150 --> 00:48:24,650 If you have any use for the articles left in this tent, 508 00:48:24,733 --> 00:48:28,025 please do not hesitate to help yourself. 509 00:48:28,108 --> 00:48:29,817 The sled outside 510 00:48:29,900 --> 00:48:32,067 may also be of use to you. 511 00:48:32,150 --> 00:48:33,900 With kind regards, 512 00:48:33,983 --> 00:48:36,692 I wish you a safe return. 513 00:48:36,775 --> 00:48:38,942 Telegram for Amundsen. 514 00:48:43,692 --> 00:48:45,025 A telegram? 515 00:48:45,108 --> 00:48:48,275 - What does it say? - "Agrbf amgif akr..." 516 00:48:48,358 --> 00:48:49,733 It's in code! 517 00:48:54,650 --> 00:48:56,525 What does it say? 518 00:49:00,567 --> 00:49:02,317 We made it! 519 00:49:14,358 --> 00:49:16,317 Know what, Nicolay? 520 00:49:18,150 --> 00:49:20,983 I never really liked this china. 521 00:49:25,900 --> 00:49:28,442 We can't have bad china. 522 00:49:29,358 --> 00:49:30,733 Now we can buy a new set! 523 00:49:30,817 --> 00:49:33,733 Amundsen reached the South Pole! 524 00:49:33,817 --> 00:49:36,692 Amundsen reached the South Pole! 525 00:49:36,775 --> 00:49:39,858 Amundsen reached the South Pole! 526 00:50:17,983 --> 00:50:21,817 THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, LONDON 527 00:50:27,775 --> 00:50:29,692 Well, gentlemen, 528 00:50:29,775 --> 00:50:33,942 we don't usually allow ladies into the club. 529 00:50:34,025 --> 00:50:37,567 But since little Mary here has written such a beautiful poem, 530 00:50:37,650 --> 00:50:40,358 I thought we may make an exception. 531 00:50:48,983 --> 00:50:50,900 Though naught but a simple cross. 532 00:50:50,983 --> 00:50:53,692 Now marks those heroes' grave. 533 00:50:54,942 --> 00:50:56,567 Their names will live forever. 534 00:50:56,650 --> 00:51:00,233 O England, land of the brave. 535 00:51:14,567 --> 00:51:16,775 Captain Scott and his brave men 536 00:51:16,858 --> 00:51:19,608 reached the South Pole on the 17th of January, 537 00:51:19,692 --> 00:51:21,900 only to discover that Mr. Amundsen 538 00:51:21,983 --> 00:51:23,983 had got there first. 539 00:51:25,942 --> 00:51:29,858 One can imagine the sense of deception 540 00:51:29,942 --> 00:51:31,502 that our brave countrymen must have felt 541 00:51:31,567 --> 00:51:33,775 on their way back from the pole. 542 00:51:33,858 --> 00:51:36,275 And thanks to Scott's diaries, 543 00:51:36,358 --> 00:51:38,650 we know exactly what happened. 544 00:51:39,567 --> 00:51:41,192 We know that Mr. Amundsen 545 00:51:41,275 --> 00:51:43,900 wrote a letter to the King of Norway, 546 00:51:43,983 --> 00:51:48,192 which he wanted Captain Scott to deliver on his behalf... 547 00:51:49,692 --> 00:51:53,025 mistaking our officers for mailmen. 548 00:51:58,817 --> 00:52:03,525 Our guest was attended by good fortune throughout. 549 00:52:03,608 --> 00:52:05,525 Fine weather. 550 00:52:05,608 --> 00:52:06,858 Sound health. 551 00:52:06,942 --> 00:52:10,608 A transport that never broke down. 552 00:52:11,233 --> 00:52:13,900 For which we congratulate him. 553 00:52:13,983 --> 00:52:15,442 Captain Scott, 554 00:52:15,525 --> 00:52:17,692 a true British hero... 555 00:52:20,317 --> 00:52:23,067 who pulled his own sled... 556 00:52:26,775 --> 00:52:29,233 may have lost 557 00:52:29,317 --> 00:52:30,775 an unequal battle 558 00:52:30,858 --> 00:52:33,400 against illness and hunger. 559 00:52:34,525 --> 00:52:38,317 But he refused to resort to barbarism, 560 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:40,567 behaving like a gentleman 561 00:52:41,317 --> 00:52:43,442 until the bitter end. 562 00:52:52,942 --> 00:52:55,525 I should therefore like to propose a toast. 563 00:53:00,233 --> 00:53:03,108 To the true heroes of this expedition... 564 00:53:05,358 --> 00:53:06,942 the dogs. 565 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:52,233 Oh, I see you're planning for the moon, Mr. Amundsen. 566 00:53:52,317 --> 00:53:54,067 Charles Bennett. 567 00:53:54,150 --> 00:53:55,733 Good to see you, my friend. 568 00:53:55,817 --> 00:53:59,275 - Good to see you. - You must meet my wife, 569 00:53:59,358 --> 00:54:02,733 a fellow citizen of yours. 570 00:54:02,817 --> 00:54:05,025 Kristine Elisabeth. 571 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,900 Mrs. Bennett. It's an honor. 572 00:54:08,983 --> 00:54:10,400 You can just call me Kiss. 573 00:54:10,483 --> 00:54:13,067 And the honor is all mine, Mr. Amundsen. 574 00:54:14,775 --> 00:54:16,608 Forgive me. 575 00:54:16,692 --> 00:54:21,567 The treatment you are getting from these British is shameful. 576 00:54:21,650 --> 00:54:23,608 After such a triumph! 577 00:54:24,733 --> 00:54:25,733 It was... 578 00:54:25,817 --> 00:54:29,233 terrible to learn about Mr. Scott and his men. 579 00:54:30,692 --> 00:54:32,692 Frightful bad luck. 580 00:54:32,775 --> 00:54:33,775 I... 581 00:54:33,858 --> 00:54:35,483 So close to safety. 582 00:54:35,567 --> 00:54:38,817 Well, when you prepare 583 00:54:38,900 --> 00:54:40,150 everything, 584 00:54:40,233 --> 00:54:41,942 you have everything in order, 585 00:54:42,025 --> 00:54:43,358 they call it luck. 586 00:54:43,442 --> 00:54:46,192 And when you neglect to take 587 00:54:46,275 --> 00:54:48,400 even the most necessary precautions 588 00:54:48,483 --> 00:54:49,817 and meet defeat, 589 00:54:49,900 --> 00:54:51,567 they call it bad luck. 590 00:54:52,525 --> 00:54:53,775 What do you mean? 591 00:54:53,858 --> 00:54:55,317 Well, Scott. 592 00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:58,192 He was a great scientist. 593 00:54:58,275 --> 00:55:01,192 Excellent sportsman. 594 00:55:01,275 --> 00:55:05,483 But Nansen had told him to use skis, dogs. 595 00:55:05,567 --> 00:55:08,025 But he still... He insisted on... 596 00:55:08,108 --> 00:55:10,567 On machines and ponies. 597 00:55:12,067 --> 00:55:15,442 When the British tend to want to conquer things... 598 00:55:15,525 --> 00:55:19,483 They do, they do, but you can't conquer nature. 599 00:55:21,233 --> 00:55:22,483 You just... 600 00:55:22,567 --> 00:55:23,775 You just can't. 601 00:55:25,525 --> 00:55:29,817 You just have to play along... with it. 602 00:55:35,358 --> 00:55:37,067 He has a thing for married women, 603 00:55:37,150 --> 00:55:39,025 I guess. 604 00:55:39,108 --> 00:55:41,150 - Are you? - Married? 605 00:55:41,233 --> 00:55:43,650 Yes. 606 00:55:46,150 --> 00:55:47,817 I know about Kiss. 607 00:55:47,900 --> 00:55:50,858 There have been others. So what? 608 00:55:50,942 --> 00:55:52,608 We're both adults. 609 00:55:56,733 --> 00:55:58,983 Do you think Roald would forgive us 610 00:55:59,067 --> 00:56:01,400 if we took a taste of one of the bottles 611 00:56:01,483 --> 00:56:03,233 from the South Pole? 612 00:56:11,775 --> 00:56:14,025 Do you know who owns this house? 613 00:56:19,358 --> 00:56:21,900 The one person who has no need for it. 614 00:56:22,525 --> 00:56:27,025 THE OLD GENTLEMEN'S CLUB, KRISTIANIA, JULY, 1916 615 00:56:29,650 --> 00:56:34,192 - Congratulations, Amundsen! - Look this way, please! 616 00:56:43,983 --> 00:56:45,650 Kiss. 617 00:56:47,108 --> 00:56:48,733 Kiss. 618 00:56:50,275 --> 00:56:51,900 Can you hear me? 619 00:57:00,233 --> 00:57:03,608 Honorable Roald Amundsen. 620 00:57:05,692 --> 00:57:07,358 We Norwegians 621 00:57:07,442 --> 00:57:09,025 are proud 622 00:57:09,108 --> 00:57:13,317 that you planted the Norwegian flag on the South Pole 623 00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:15,858 before the English! 624 00:57:17,817 --> 00:57:20,067 It's impossible to imagine 625 00:57:20,150 --> 00:57:23,650 what sacrifices this incredible feat demanded. 626 00:57:23,733 --> 00:57:26,775 What steadfastness and heroism. 627 00:57:29,733 --> 00:57:32,608 With such a triumph it's easy to forget 628 00:57:32,692 --> 00:57:37,358 that the South Pole wasn't the real goal. Merely a step on the way. 629 00:57:38,733 --> 00:57:42,067 But Amundsen is a man of his word. 630 00:57:42,150 --> 00:57:47,525 So next year he is heading through the Bering Strait, into the ice. 631 00:57:47,608 --> 00:57:49,067 And cold. 632 00:57:49,150 --> 00:57:50,733 And darkness. 633 00:57:50,817 --> 00:57:53,442 To study the polar currents 634 00:57:53,525 --> 00:57:56,442 and drift across the North Pole. 635 00:57:57,525 --> 00:57:59,775 For at least five years! 636 00:58:04,275 --> 00:58:07,817 This may sound like a superhuman challenge. 637 00:58:07,900 --> 00:58:09,900 But Amundsen 638 00:58:09,983 --> 00:58:13,692 is also the right man for that. 639 00:58:13,775 --> 00:58:14,942 Hurrah! 640 00:58:15,983 --> 00:58:17,358 Hurrah! 641 00:58:18,483 --> 00:58:20,150 Hurrah! 642 00:58:31,358 --> 00:58:33,192 Nansen has this theory 643 00:58:33,275 --> 00:58:37,942 that I can drift in the ice all the way to the pole. 644 00:58:38,025 --> 00:58:41,192 And what happens on the North and South Pole 645 00:58:41,275 --> 00:58:44,317 is crucial for the global climate. 646 00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:46,317 But this isn't what you want. 647 00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,108 This was his condition for lending me Fram. 648 00:58:51,108 --> 00:58:53,733 I didn't think he would hold me to it. 649 00:58:53,817 --> 00:58:56,108 No. Five years in the ice... 650 00:58:56,192 --> 00:58:59,192 We don't have to worry about that. 651 00:58:59,275 --> 00:59:01,358 It means nothing for us. 652 00:59:03,358 --> 00:59:05,275 When we think about each other, 653 00:59:05,358 --> 00:59:07,483 it's as if we are together. 654 00:59:09,108 --> 00:59:10,900 I feel you. 655 00:59:13,317 --> 00:59:15,025 I feel you. 656 00:59:22,275 --> 00:59:24,025 I feel you. 657 00:59:26,108 --> 00:59:27,817 Right? 658 00:59:29,150 --> 00:59:33,900 We have our wireless conversation that no one can take from us. 659 00:59:38,275 --> 00:59:40,692 You... 660 00:59:40,775 --> 00:59:42,942 You are mine. 661 00:59:43,025 --> 00:59:45,358 You are mine, mine, mine. 662 00:59:49,192 --> 00:59:52,400 You will always feel that I am with you. 663 00:59:54,025 --> 00:59:55,692 Always. 664 00:59:57,608 --> 01:00:01,858 Roald was forced to prove Nansen's theory 665 01:00:01,942 --> 01:00:04,317 that it was possible to drift with the polar ice 666 01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:06,358 all the way to the North Pole. 667 01:00:07,858 --> 01:00:09,942 So he... 668 01:00:10,025 --> 01:00:12,358 ordered this new ship, 669 01:00:12,442 --> 01:00:15,817 tailor-made for himself, named Maud. 670 01:00:17,567 --> 01:00:19,442 And that ship... 671 01:00:19,525 --> 01:00:22,442 costs much more than we had. 672 01:00:22,525 --> 01:00:24,858 Only a sensational triumph 673 01:00:24,942 --> 01:00:27,483 could save us from total bankruptcy. 674 01:00:27,567 --> 01:00:29,233 But as it turned out, 675 01:00:29,317 --> 01:00:32,567 it would take a long time to drift towards the pole. 676 01:00:33,525 --> 01:00:35,483 A very long time. 677 01:00:35,942 --> 01:00:37,501 FIRST YEAR IN THE ICE CAPE CHELYUSKIN, SIBERIA 678 01:00:37,525 --> 01:00:39,567 Five months left 679 01:00:39,650 --> 01:00:41,900 till the next sunrise. 680 01:01:50,650 --> 01:01:53,858 We have to chop ice before the ship gets crushed. 681 01:02:03,275 --> 01:02:08,400 - How does this look, Captain? - We need to remove more. 682 01:02:08,483 --> 01:02:09,775 Right here... 683 01:02:12,817 --> 01:02:15,275 Captain! 684 01:02:15,358 --> 01:02:17,108 Captain! 685 01:02:17,192 --> 01:02:18,858 Wisting, come here! 686 01:02:57,608 --> 01:03:02,692 UNKNOWN AREA 687 01:03:17,900 --> 01:03:19,608 Yes... 688 01:04:12,942 --> 01:04:14,525 Bear! 689 01:04:17,817 --> 01:04:18,817 Bear! 690 01:04:20,900 --> 01:04:21,900 Bear! 691 01:04:37,567 --> 01:04:41,192 - Want some of this? - No, just get it over with. 692 01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,108 I'll take some. 693 01:04:57,733 --> 01:04:59,275 You'll be fine. 694 01:05:02,567 --> 01:05:05,567 SECOND YEAR IN THE ICE 695 01:05:05,650 --> 01:05:08,692 AYON ISLAND, EAST SIBERIAN SEA 2250 KM FROM NORTH POLE 696 01:05:39,942 --> 01:05:41,442 Captain? 697 01:05:42,567 --> 01:05:44,817 Nice mustache. 698 01:05:44,900 --> 01:05:46,900 I'm in the process... 699 01:05:46,983 --> 01:05:48,608 Tessem... 700 01:05:48,692 --> 01:05:50,942 wishes to leave the expedition. 701 01:05:52,608 --> 01:05:55,900 He can't get rid of his headache. 702 01:05:55,983 --> 01:05:58,067 And can hardly sleep. 703 01:06:02,983 --> 01:06:08,317 How far is it to that telegraph station on Dickson Island? 704 01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:10,483 Around 700 kilometers. 705 01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:14,900 Impossible. 706 01:06:16,192 --> 01:06:19,692 Knudsen has volunteered to go with him. 707 01:06:32,317 --> 01:06:33,817 Tessem? 708 01:06:35,067 --> 01:06:39,192 We need to send some mail to the people back home. 709 01:06:40,650 --> 01:06:43,983 Could you take responsibility for that? 710 01:06:44,067 --> 01:06:45,733 Yes, Captain. 711 01:06:45,817 --> 01:06:47,650 Bring Knudsen. 712 01:06:47,733 --> 01:06:52,567 We'll give you a dog team. You should make it in four weeks. 713 01:07:03,650 --> 01:07:06,858 You know, it does something to a man, 714 01:07:06,942 --> 01:07:10,858 being trapped in the ice for so long. 715 01:07:15,150 --> 01:07:16,650 What do you mean? 716 01:07:21,483 --> 01:07:23,567 Welcome, one and all. 717 01:07:27,733 --> 01:07:29,775 Will you look at this! 718 01:08:00,858 --> 01:08:04,067 I haven't heard from you for some time. 719 01:08:07,775 --> 01:08:11,732 I walk around here making small talk with you. 720 01:08:11,817 --> 01:08:13,857 It's time you respond. 721 01:08:21,400 --> 01:08:24,317 I have transferred my property, 722 01:08:26,150 --> 01:08:28,442 Villa Uranienborg, 723 01:08:28,525 --> 01:08:30,357 to you. 724 01:08:34,107 --> 01:08:37,317 So I know you will always have a home. 725 01:08:38,982 --> 01:08:41,650 No matter what might happen. 726 01:09:38,400 --> 01:09:40,233 THIRD YEAR IN THE ICE 727 01:09:40,317 --> 01:09:43,025 CAPE SERDZE-KAMEN, CHUKCHI SEA 2570 KM FROM NORTH POLE 728 01:09:59,192 --> 01:10:01,483 - What's going on? - Shh! 729 01:10:29,525 --> 01:10:31,817 Please. 730 01:10:35,650 --> 01:10:38,442 Sverdrup, get the medical kit. 731 01:10:59,233 --> 01:11:01,567 Cod-liver oil is never wrong. 732 01:11:03,025 --> 01:11:05,358 Did that taste good? 733 01:11:10,650 --> 01:11:13,192 This is so delicious. 734 01:11:13,275 --> 01:11:16,525 I think we have to taste it right away. 735 01:11:17,692 --> 01:11:19,483 Do you want some on there? 736 01:11:19,567 --> 01:11:20,817 Very well. 737 01:11:23,525 --> 01:11:26,192 No, no! 738 01:11:31,275 --> 01:11:34,192 No, no, no! 739 01:11:41,233 --> 01:11:42,483 Look at this. 740 01:11:45,733 --> 01:11:47,900 More playmates, I see. 741 01:11:49,358 --> 01:11:51,733 That is one special... 742 01:11:51,817 --> 01:11:54,692 One very special person. 743 01:11:54,775 --> 01:11:55,608 What? 744 01:11:55,692 --> 01:11:58,483 Her father wants us to bring her to Norway. 745 01:11:58,567 --> 01:12:00,192 Get an education. 746 01:12:00,275 --> 01:12:02,942 But that... 747 01:12:03,025 --> 01:12:05,275 We can't bring all of them. 748 01:12:05,358 --> 01:12:07,900 Kakonita is an orphan. That's different. 749 01:12:07,983 --> 01:12:11,775 But we can't start... That... 750 01:12:26,775 --> 01:12:30,525 I think it's time for that film from the South Pole. 751 01:12:39,192 --> 01:12:44,025 Those are penguins. They can't fly. They just walk around. 752 01:12:44,108 --> 01:12:46,317 Let's see if it wants the pipe. 753 01:12:46,400 --> 01:12:48,733 No, it doesn't. 754 01:12:48,817 --> 01:12:52,317 Imagine when Kiss meets them. 755 01:12:52,400 --> 01:12:54,817 We'll be like a small family. 756 01:12:54,900 --> 01:12:56,567 We will. 757 01:13:06,483 --> 01:13:12,650 [Roald Of course Nansen is right about his ocean-current theories. 758 01:13:12,733 --> 01:13:15,317 But five years in the ice 759 01:13:15,400 --> 01:13:17,692 is much too optimistic. 760 01:13:17,858 --> 01:13:19,900 The expedition went on for too long, 761 01:13:19,983 --> 01:13:22,025 and Roald lost his focus. 762 01:13:22,108 --> 01:13:25,483 He began to think of other means and technology 763 01:13:25,567 --> 01:13:27,233 to reach the North Pole. 764 01:13:37,067 --> 01:13:38,483 We must. 765 01:13:39,858 --> 01:13:41,483 We must. 766 01:13:43,858 --> 01:13:46,567 If there is land up here, 767 01:13:46,650 --> 01:13:50,483 with people, with a civilization... 768 01:13:52,150 --> 01:13:55,692 We must reach the North Pole. See it with our own eyes. 769 01:13:55,775 --> 01:13:56,858 Girls? 770 01:14:00,025 --> 01:14:02,025 And then he just left, 771 01:14:02,108 --> 01:14:03,608 making Wisting the captain. 772 01:14:09,692 --> 01:14:12,317 We put all our money in that boat. 773 01:14:13,275 --> 01:14:14,775 Everything. 774 01:14:14,858 --> 01:14:15,775 ALASKA, USA, 1923 775 01:14:15,858 --> 01:14:17,692 We know nothing 776 01:14:17,775 --> 01:14:20,525 about this vast white space. 777 01:14:20,608 --> 01:14:24,067 These two-and-a-half million square kilometers 778 01:14:24,150 --> 01:14:26,275 of frozen polar sea. 779 01:14:26,358 --> 01:14:28,733 So we... 780 01:14:28,817 --> 01:14:30,858 are going to fly there. 781 01:14:30,942 --> 01:14:33,233 We will be the first to look down 782 01:14:33,317 --> 01:14:35,192 at the last piece of the Earth 783 01:14:35,275 --> 01:14:41,025 that has resisted every attempt of discovery. 784 01:14:41,108 --> 01:14:43,358 And we have no guarantees, of course, 785 01:14:43,442 --> 01:14:45,275 that we will find land up there. 786 01:14:45,358 --> 01:14:47,650 A hidden continent beyond the pole. 787 01:14:47,733 --> 01:14:49,775 But if we do, 788 01:14:49,858 --> 01:14:55,025 it will be one of the most significant discoveries 789 01:14:55,108 --> 01:14:57,400 in the history of the world. 790 01:14:58,025 --> 01:15:00,025 But then he got hold of two Junker airplanes 791 01:15:00,108 --> 01:15:02,358 and named them Kristine and Elisabeth, 792 01:15:02,442 --> 01:15:04,483 and I guess you know how that went. 793 01:15:05,983 --> 01:15:08,067 Thirty meters of flight, and then... 794 01:15:09,483 --> 01:15:12,692 $80,000 worth of planes just... 795 01:15:13,317 --> 01:15:15,150 left there in the snow. 796 01:15:17,983 --> 01:15:19,108 He... 797 01:15:20,233 --> 01:15:21,900 He lost it. 798 01:15:21,983 --> 01:15:24,983 I'm sorry, but there's no other way of putting it. He... 799 01:15:26,358 --> 01:15:27,775 You don't know him. 800 01:15:29,025 --> 01:15:30,400 I'm sorry? 801 01:15:31,525 --> 01:15:33,692 I mean, you did once, but you... 802 01:15:33,775 --> 01:15:35,400 you don't. 803 01:15:35,483 --> 01:15:39,108 I think I know my brother better than anyone. 804 01:15:41,442 --> 01:15:43,983 I was there. 805 01:15:44,067 --> 01:15:45,733 That's where we met. 806 01:15:46,775 --> 01:15:48,608 In Alaska. 807 01:15:48,692 --> 01:15:50,567 In Deering. 808 01:15:50,650 --> 01:15:53,192 He did not strike me an irrational man. 809 01:15:53,275 --> 01:15:55,858 Just the opposite. 810 01:15:55,942 --> 01:15:58,400 Well, you haven't heard the whole story yet. 811 01:15:58,567 --> 01:16:01,692 Amundsen Gives Up Polar Flight. 812 01:16:03,858 --> 01:16:05,400 Aline? 813 01:16:15,275 --> 01:16:18,317 Hello. My name is Engelbregt Gravning. 814 01:16:18,400 --> 01:16:21,400 We just wanted to drop by 815 01:16:21,483 --> 01:16:24,942 to let you know we're moving in next door. 816 01:16:25,025 --> 01:16:26,858 So that was... 817 01:16:32,983 --> 01:16:36,983 Look, there are some other children! 818 01:16:37,067 --> 01:16:40,025 Hi there! My, you sure have grown. 819 01:16:40,108 --> 01:16:42,900 Meet these two lovely girls. 820 01:16:46,108 --> 01:16:51,150 I'm going to enroll them in school. These girls are smart. 821 01:16:52,775 --> 01:16:54,483 Wow! 822 01:16:55,400 --> 01:16:57,983 All the way from America. 823 01:16:58,067 --> 01:17:01,067 Say goodbye to Uncle Leon. Bye-bye! 824 01:17:01,150 --> 01:17:04,108 - Bye. - Thanks for a lovely day. 825 01:17:04,233 --> 01:17:05,817 Bye! 826 01:17:16,983 --> 01:17:21,067 I was worried about what he was up to. 827 01:17:21,150 --> 01:17:23,775 But Roald continued his hopeless romance with Kiss, 828 01:17:23,858 --> 01:17:25,817 who lived in London with her husband. 829 01:17:25,900 --> 01:17:27,900 And he kept spending money we didn't have. 830 01:17:38,608 --> 01:17:40,275 Roald? 831 01:17:41,733 --> 01:17:44,025 Look at this. They are so smart! 832 01:17:44,108 --> 01:17:46,233 Wait till they start school. 833 01:17:46,317 --> 01:17:48,567 May I have a word? 834 01:17:48,650 --> 01:17:50,817 - Now? - Yes. 835 01:17:50,900 --> 01:17:53,733 Polar Paradise. 836 01:17:58,942 --> 01:18:01,900 "Has Roald Amundsen lost his mind?" 837 01:18:07,692 --> 01:18:11,900 It's much easier with dogs. They don't read the newspapers. 838 01:18:11,983 --> 01:18:16,317 You had to beat them, didn't you? Out there? 839 01:18:16,400 --> 01:18:19,025 You mean we should do the same with journalists? 840 01:18:22,108 --> 01:18:24,983 Polar dogs are like wild animals. 841 01:18:25,067 --> 01:18:28,733 It was brutal, but the only way to get them to obey. 842 01:18:28,817 --> 01:18:32,567 I know you have ordered three new airplanes. 843 01:18:34,275 --> 01:18:36,192 I was going to tell you... 844 01:18:36,275 --> 01:18:38,858 It's impossible. Cancel the order. 845 01:18:39,817 --> 01:18:44,025 Do you really want to fly again? Considering how it went? 846 01:18:44,108 --> 01:18:48,150 - That was bad luck. The landing gear... - Luck? 847 01:18:48,233 --> 01:18:52,733 What were you thinking, with those small planes? That isn't science! 848 01:18:52,817 --> 01:18:54,900 That's... sport. 849 01:18:56,275 --> 01:18:57,692 Highly dangerous. 850 01:18:57,775 --> 01:18:59,817 It was OK when we made money. 851 01:18:59,900 --> 01:19:05,858 - We had no choice with the South Pole. - Or now. I'm getting old, Leon. 852 01:19:05,942 --> 01:19:12,025 I don't have time to do things Nansen's way. Not even Nansen does. 853 01:19:12,108 --> 01:19:14,692 Someone will fly to the North Pole. 854 01:19:14,775 --> 01:19:18,442 It's simply a matter of who gets there first. 855 01:19:20,233 --> 01:19:22,233 Those planes were too small. 856 01:19:22,317 --> 01:19:25,233 We need something bigger, and we can get it. 857 01:19:25,317 --> 01:19:27,150 Come! 858 01:19:42,442 --> 01:19:44,150 I have... 859 01:19:45,358 --> 01:19:47,567 As long as I can remember, 860 01:19:47,650 --> 01:19:50,983 I have followed you from room to room. 861 01:19:53,525 --> 01:19:57,733 I can't remember a single time you have come to me. 862 01:19:58,775 --> 01:20:00,483 Can you? 863 01:20:02,817 --> 01:20:05,150 What are you talking about? 864 01:20:06,733 --> 01:20:10,442 I don't mind living in Roald Amundsen's shadow. 865 01:20:10,525 --> 01:20:15,525 But not when you hide things from me, risk other people's lives. 866 01:20:15,608 --> 01:20:18,025 Not one life has been lost. 867 01:20:18,108 --> 01:20:20,233 - That depends. - On what? 868 01:20:20,317 --> 01:20:24,233 You still owe $20,000 for the other planes. 869 01:20:24,317 --> 01:20:26,400 Are you aware of that? 870 01:20:26,483 --> 01:20:27,900 No. 871 01:20:27,983 --> 01:20:30,067 Yet you just ordered new ones? 872 01:20:30,150 --> 01:20:33,692 We don't have that money. I can't raise any more. 873 01:20:33,775 --> 01:20:37,650 I have lent you 100,000 kroner from my own pocket. 874 01:20:37,733 --> 01:20:42,192 - And you give our properties to Kiss? - I want her to have a home. 875 01:20:42,275 --> 01:20:43,858 A home? 876 01:20:43,942 --> 01:20:48,150 She's one of the wealthiest women in England! 877 01:20:54,817 --> 01:20:57,858 I have a family to worry about. 878 01:21:00,358 --> 01:21:04,108 Strictly speaking, so does Kiss Bennett. 879 01:21:07,275 --> 01:21:10,025 I don't recognize you anymore. 880 01:21:12,358 --> 01:21:14,108 No one does. 881 01:21:15,192 --> 01:21:19,192 What kind of captain leaves Maud and the expedition, 882 01:21:19,275 --> 01:21:22,942 comes home with two innocent children, and lies? 883 01:21:23,025 --> 01:21:24,817 You're right. I lie. 884 01:21:29,358 --> 01:21:30,858 I do, Leon. 885 01:21:32,233 --> 01:21:34,483 What did you think? 886 01:21:34,567 --> 01:21:36,692 That I told you everything? 887 01:21:36,775 --> 01:21:38,192 Like before? 888 01:21:40,317 --> 01:21:42,608 How would that go, Leon? 889 01:21:48,192 --> 01:21:50,775 What would I have achieved 890 01:21:50,858 --> 01:21:52,442 if I had done that? 891 01:21:53,817 --> 01:21:56,442 Nothing. 892 01:21:56,525 --> 01:21:59,108 You would only have said no. 893 01:22:01,317 --> 01:22:03,567 You don't dare anymore. 894 01:22:05,942 --> 01:22:08,192 You've become a coward. 895 01:22:12,233 --> 01:22:13,983 I... 896 01:22:16,317 --> 01:22:19,817 I can no longer manage your finances. 897 01:22:19,900 --> 01:22:23,733 I'll waive my powers of attorney. 898 01:22:24,733 --> 01:22:26,525 Find someone else. 899 01:22:26,608 --> 01:22:31,442 Let me know who, and I'll send a claim for the money you owe. 900 01:22:37,650 --> 01:22:39,442 Leon! 901 01:22:44,817 --> 01:22:46,567 And... 902 01:22:46,650 --> 01:22:48,650 that was the last time I saw him. 903 01:22:51,233 --> 01:22:52,983 Hi! 904 01:22:55,442 --> 01:22:57,983 Of course, Roald didn't follow my advice, 905 01:22:58,067 --> 01:22:59,858 and ordered the planes anyway. 906 01:23:02,692 --> 01:23:05,233 Now he's bankrupt and missing. 907 01:23:08,442 --> 01:23:11,317 I sense a note of satisfaction in your voice. 908 01:23:14,025 --> 01:23:15,525 It was a tragedy. 909 01:23:17,817 --> 01:23:19,400 Very shameful. 910 01:23:19,900 --> 01:23:22,317 He had no one. 911 01:23:23,317 --> 01:23:26,233 And then the bankruptcy, it nearly killed him. 912 01:23:28,525 --> 01:23:31,400 Do you know anyone else who could come back from that? 913 01:23:36,692 --> 01:23:38,567 It's just money, Leon. 914 01:23:38,650 --> 01:23:40,442 - What do you mean? - It's just money. 915 01:23:40,525 --> 01:23:41,817 - No, it's not just money. - Yes. 916 01:23:41,900 --> 01:23:44,150 He risks everything to do what no man 917 01:23:44,233 --> 01:23:45,567 has ever done before, 918 01:23:45,650 --> 01:23:48,733 and you, you're talking about a house. 919 01:23:57,233 --> 01:23:58,733 Maybe he gave you that impression, 920 01:23:58,817 --> 01:24:00,692 but my brother is not the victim here. 921 01:24:05,025 --> 01:24:06,692 There were casualties, you know. 922 01:24:08,192 --> 01:24:10,400 Yes. Hjalmar. 923 01:24:11,567 --> 01:24:13,442 Not just Hjalmar. There were others. 924 01:24:16,567 --> 01:24:17,983 Some of the crew. 925 01:24:18,067 --> 01:24:21,108 The Maud expedition lasted for seven years. 926 01:24:22,817 --> 01:24:24,108 Seven. 927 01:24:25,483 --> 01:24:26,358 In that time, 928 01:24:26,442 --> 01:24:29,150 several men had left or just... 929 01:24:29,817 --> 01:24:31,192 disappeared. 930 01:24:31,275 --> 01:24:32,858 What do you mean, disappeared? 931 01:24:33,733 --> 01:24:34,900 Tessem and Knudsen. 932 01:24:34,983 --> 01:24:37,650 They went on an 800-kilometer trip from Maud, 933 01:24:37,733 --> 01:24:40,442 over the ice to the mainland, but they never arrived. 934 01:24:43,400 --> 01:24:46,483 Remains of a campfire were found, 935 01:24:46,567 --> 01:24:48,608 along with charred bones. 936 01:24:50,358 --> 01:24:52,733 It was assumed that either Tessem and Knudsen had died 937 01:24:52,817 --> 01:24:55,192 and that the other had cremated the corpse. 938 01:24:55,275 --> 01:24:57,233 Later, a mummified body 939 01:24:57,317 --> 01:24:59,317 was found on the mainland shore, 940 01:24:59,400 --> 01:25:01,067 across from Dickson Island. 941 01:25:02,275 --> 01:25:05,275 Died only three kilometers from the weather station. 942 01:25:07,858 --> 01:25:10,650 Seeing its lights as he fell down and... 943 01:25:10,733 --> 01:25:13,275 died of exhaustion. 944 01:25:13,358 --> 01:25:15,733 Meanwhile, Roald was having hot baths in luxury hotels 945 01:25:15,817 --> 01:25:18,108 and flying planes, and traveling... 946 01:25:18,192 --> 01:25:20,108 He was stuck in the ice for three years. 947 01:25:20,192 --> 01:25:23,692 Sverdrup, Olonkin and Wisting remained on Maud 948 01:25:23,775 --> 01:25:26,067 for seven years, until the ship got arrested 949 01:25:26,150 --> 01:25:28,608 when it came to land, due to Roald's bankruptcy. 950 01:25:31,317 --> 01:25:33,150 You know... 951 01:25:33,233 --> 01:25:36,608 Wisting, he had seven children, 952 01:25:36,692 --> 01:25:39,525 but three of them got sick and died at home 953 01:25:39,608 --> 01:25:41,275 while he was stuck in the ice. 954 01:25:43,067 --> 01:25:45,525 Still, he was faithful to his captain. 955 01:25:47,233 --> 01:25:50,067 Refused to let the ship get arrested by creditors. 956 01:25:55,817 --> 01:25:57,817 These were grown men. 957 01:25:59,192 --> 01:26:01,233 They knew what they signed up for. 958 01:26:01,317 --> 01:26:03,775 Then there were the little girls. 959 01:26:03,858 --> 01:26:06,067 He loves them. 960 01:26:06,150 --> 01:26:07,400 He sent them away, Bess. 961 01:26:08,025 --> 01:26:09,442 He had to. 962 01:26:11,192 --> 01:26:12,317 Bess... 963 01:26:12,400 --> 01:26:14,608 There's something I think you should know. 964 01:26:15,983 --> 01:26:19,900 Roald told me of a letter from Kiss. 965 01:26:21,442 --> 01:26:23,650 He was waiting for her. 966 01:26:23,733 --> 01:26:25,525 With the girls. 967 01:26:26,275 --> 01:26:28,067 She broke it off. 968 01:26:30,650 --> 01:26:32,650 He had no choice. 969 01:26:33,483 --> 01:26:35,275 He had to send them away. 970 01:26:36,775 --> 01:26:39,650 Who do you think looked after the girls when Roald was gone? 971 01:26:40,692 --> 01:26:42,775 It was us most of the time. He didn't care. 972 01:26:45,192 --> 01:26:47,775 They had two years of school here, and then he... 973 01:26:49,525 --> 01:26:51,692 he put them on a boat back to Siberia. 974 01:26:52,775 --> 01:26:54,150 What kind of person does that? 975 01:26:55,275 --> 01:26:57,567 You're twisting things around. 976 01:26:57,650 --> 01:26:59,358 You see that banner behind me? 977 01:26:59,442 --> 01:27:01,650 "All for Norway." "All for Roald" is more like it. 978 01:27:01,733 --> 01:27:04,525 He's like a child. He only cares about one thing. 979 01:27:05,108 --> 01:27:07,275 The North Pole. 980 01:27:07,358 --> 01:27:08,567 Himself. 981 01:27:09,983 --> 01:27:12,442 He's your brother. 982 01:27:12,525 --> 01:27:14,442 He's out there somewhere. 983 01:27:19,358 --> 01:27:21,442 You should be praying for him. 984 01:27:23,983 --> 01:27:25,900 He's probably happy now. 985 01:27:28,150 --> 01:27:30,525 Dying like a martyr in the ice together with his men, 986 01:27:30,608 --> 01:27:34,650 like in the... stupid adventure books we used to read. 987 01:27:39,775 --> 01:27:41,817 I don't understand you. 988 01:27:45,150 --> 01:27:47,358 Why are you so angry? 989 01:27:47,442 --> 01:27:50,233 - I told you. - You say you hate him. 990 01:27:54,150 --> 01:27:55,858 But here you are. 991 01:28:02,733 --> 01:28:05,067 You expected him to come back. 992 01:28:08,817 --> 01:28:10,567 Didn't you? 993 01:28:16,108 --> 01:28:17,692 You're waiting. 994 01:28:20,775 --> 01:28:22,775 That's why you're snooping around here. 995 01:28:25,483 --> 01:28:27,567 That's why you still live next door. 996 01:28:32,942 --> 01:28:36,025 You're mad at him because he manages without you. 997 01:28:37,483 --> 01:28:38,817 That's rubbish. 998 01:28:38,900 --> 01:28:41,733 You're mad at him because if it wasn't for Roald, 999 01:28:41,817 --> 01:28:45,275 you'd be off somewhere importing wine or something. 1000 01:28:45,358 --> 01:28:48,483 And he would have still made history anyway. 1001 01:28:51,108 --> 01:28:54,483 - With or without you. - I don't have to listen to this. 1002 01:29:46,192 --> 01:29:49,483 ARCTIC OCEAN, 251 KM FROM NORTH POLE 1003 01:30:09,983 --> 01:30:11,442 Dietrichson? 1004 01:30:11,525 --> 01:30:12,858 Riiser-Larsen? 1005 01:30:12,942 --> 01:30:15,983 Ellsworth, Feucht. Everybody. 1006 01:30:28,108 --> 01:30:29,525 It's enough now. 1007 01:30:33,233 --> 01:30:34,442 This is it. 1008 01:30:36,567 --> 01:30:39,150 We have done all we can. 1009 01:30:41,525 --> 01:30:43,567 And you... 1010 01:30:43,650 --> 01:30:45,442 have done more 1011 01:30:45,525 --> 01:30:47,358 than I could ever ask. 1012 01:30:52,983 --> 01:30:56,525 We have been trying for weeks to build a runway, 1013 01:30:56,608 --> 01:31:00,650 and the one we have now is not even close to long enough. 1014 01:31:02,067 --> 01:31:04,317 But there's no more food. 1015 01:31:04,400 --> 01:31:06,025 And it will have to do. 1016 01:31:07,775 --> 01:31:10,567 We didn't make it to the North Pole. 1017 01:31:10,650 --> 01:31:12,942 But we will make it home. 1018 01:31:17,108 --> 01:31:20,067 I've seen things like this end well. 1019 01:31:20,150 --> 01:31:21,483 Many times. 1020 01:31:25,442 --> 01:31:26,858 It is what it is. 1021 01:33:03,192 --> 01:33:04,817 Amundsen. 1022 01:33:32,108 --> 01:33:35,317 CITY HALL PIER, OSLO JULY 5, 1925 1023 01:33:59,567 --> 01:34:03,983 They love you even more now that you've risen from the dead. 1024 01:34:13,358 --> 01:34:14,358 THE ROYAL PALACE, OSLO 1025 01:34:14,442 --> 01:34:16,084 - Thank you. - It's so good to see you again. 1026 01:34:16,108 --> 01:34:18,358 It's good to see you again. Impressive! 1027 01:34:19,692 --> 01:34:21,150 Congratulations, Mr. Amundsen. 1028 01:34:21,233 --> 01:34:23,483 - We had the worst of fears. - Thank you. 1029 01:34:25,192 --> 01:34:27,108 We'll see you shortly. 1030 01:34:27,275 --> 01:34:28,858 Thank you. 1031 01:34:28,942 --> 01:34:30,775 Thank you very much. 1032 01:34:30,858 --> 01:34:32,150 Thanks. 1033 01:34:34,275 --> 01:34:36,067 Captain! 1034 01:34:38,358 --> 01:34:39,650 Thank you so much. Thank you. 1035 01:34:39,775 --> 01:34:43,942 - I see a few new gray hairs. - Yes, it was quite rough. 1036 01:34:44,192 --> 01:34:46,317 - Just remember to... - I know. I know. 1037 01:34:46,400 --> 01:34:48,358 I'm a married woman. I'll be discreet. 1038 01:34:48,442 --> 01:34:50,650 You can talk more later, in private. 1039 01:34:50,817 --> 01:34:53,817 This was very... 1040 01:34:53,900 --> 01:34:55,608 It was special. 1041 01:34:55,692 --> 01:34:57,858 We are going to... 1042 01:35:13,983 --> 01:35:16,692 You look very well for a dead man... 1043 01:35:16,775 --> 01:35:18,400 Captain. 1044 01:35:20,358 --> 01:35:22,317 How... How did... How...? 1045 01:35:29,025 --> 01:35:30,817 It's... 1046 01:35:32,400 --> 01:35:34,608 good to have you back. 1047 01:35:39,108 --> 01:35:40,817 Congratulations! 1048 01:35:40,900 --> 01:35:43,067 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 1049 01:35:43,150 --> 01:35:44,900 Most impressive. 1050 01:35:45,817 --> 01:35:47,150 Thank you. 1051 01:35:53,733 --> 01:35:55,400 We should go. 1052 01:35:56,942 --> 01:35:58,900 So, tell me, 1053 01:35:58,983 --> 01:36:01,483 does Kiss still own all of this? 1054 01:36:02,817 --> 01:36:04,775 You shouldn't listen to my brother. 1055 01:36:05,983 --> 01:36:08,525 He doesn't understand people like you and me. 1056 01:36:09,233 --> 01:36:11,358 He lives in a very small world. 1057 01:36:11,442 --> 01:36:13,317 And if it's about funds, 1058 01:36:13,400 --> 01:36:15,483 I-I am getting money. 1059 01:36:15,567 --> 01:36:17,567 I guarantee it. There will be a book. 1060 01:36:17,650 --> 01:36:19,025 You saw how they greeted me now. 1061 01:36:19,108 --> 01:36:20,900 I-I will get financing for sure. 1062 01:36:20,983 --> 01:36:23,150 Do you think I care about money? 1063 01:36:25,317 --> 01:36:27,483 Do you think that's what this is about? 1064 01:36:32,858 --> 01:36:34,483 I... 1065 01:36:39,983 --> 01:36:41,817 I want to say something. 1066 01:36:50,442 --> 01:36:53,858 It has always been easier for me... 1067 01:36:53,942 --> 01:36:56,275 than the others... 1068 01:36:56,358 --> 01:36:57,858 to be alone out there. 1069 01:36:59,567 --> 01:37:01,567 You know, to me, it... 1070 01:37:02,775 --> 01:37:05,692 it's just beautiful, you know? 1071 01:37:07,192 --> 01:37:08,858 But this time, 1072 01:37:08,942 --> 01:37:10,900 I was scared. 1073 01:37:15,650 --> 01:37:18,442 I thought I would never see you... 1074 01:37:20,275 --> 01:37:21,358 again. 1075 01:37:33,192 --> 01:37:35,858 You started something you needed to finish. 1076 01:37:38,442 --> 01:37:40,233 I understand that. 1077 01:37:43,567 --> 01:37:45,233 Once you've done it... 1078 01:37:47,400 --> 01:37:50,317 once you've seen what lies beyond the North Pole... 1079 01:37:52,983 --> 01:37:54,775 I will marry you. 1080 01:37:59,442 --> 01:38:01,692 But if I do this... 1081 01:38:01,775 --> 01:38:04,400 If I go and get my divorce... 1082 01:38:06,775 --> 01:38:08,900 promise... 1083 01:38:10,067 --> 01:38:11,567 whatever we do... 1084 01:38:13,608 --> 01:38:15,608 we do it together. 1085 01:38:17,942 --> 01:38:19,400 I promise. 1086 01:38:22,233 --> 01:38:23,567 Oh, I promise. 1087 01:38:27,567 --> 01:38:29,942 There's this... 1088 01:38:30,025 --> 01:38:31,317 Italian engineer. 1089 01:38:31,400 --> 01:38:34,983 He has constructed an airship. 1090 01:38:36,483 --> 01:38:40,608 The plan is good. Much safer. Like sitting in an armchair. 1091 01:38:40,692 --> 01:38:42,192 The problem is, 1092 01:38:42,275 --> 01:38:45,275 Mussolini wants it to be an Italian expedition 1093 01:38:46,067 --> 01:38:47,150 with me on board. 1094 01:38:47,233 --> 01:38:48,692 Can you imagine? 1095 01:38:48,775 --> 01:38:51,275 So you... Wait, shut up. 1096 01:38:52,608 --> 01:38:55,150 You're going to reach the North Pole 1097 01:38:55,233 --> 01:38:56,983 in an armchair? 1098 01:38:57,983 --> 01:38:58,983 I am an old man. 1099 01:38:59,067 --> 01:39:01,275 I noticed. 1100 01:39:07,733 --> 01:39:11,192 Do you think I'll find it up there? 1101 01:39:11,275 --> 01:39:13,192 Oh, yes. 1102 01:39:13,275 --> 01:39:15,483 You've wanted this your entire life. 1103 01:39:18,733 --> 01:39:20,775 You've never given up. 1104 01:39:23,650 --> 01:39:26,483 Most people, they give up on their dreams. 1105 01:39:26,567 --> 01:39:28,192 Let them die. 1106 01:39:29,275 --> 01:39:30,858 Not you. 1107 01:39:34,483 --> 01:39:36,650 And you dream bigger than everyone. 1108 01:39:40,525 --> 01:39:43,775 You will find what you are looking for. 1109 01:39:43,858 --> 01:39:45,358 I know it. 1110 01:39:49,025 --> 01:39:51,733 And then... 1111 01:39:51,817 --> 01:39:54,275 - ...and then... - And then. 1112 01:40:04,233 --> 01:40:06,442 I guess someone... 1113 01:40:08,567 --> 01:40:11,275 has to find out if Santa Claus really lives up there. 1114 01:40:18,108 --> 01:40:19,525 Oh, yes. 1115 01:40:30,192 --> 01:40:32,150 But I won't be sailing under an Italian flag, 1116 01:40:32,233 --> 01:40:33,900 I can tell you that. 1117 01:40:47,733 --> 01:40:51,858 THE AIRSHIP NORGE, THE ARCTIC MAY 11, 1926 1118 01:41:34,108 --> 01:41:37,525 Captain? We are only a few minutes away. 1119 01:41:40,275 --> 01:41:42,650 - Have you seen anything? - No. 1120 01:41:42,733 --> 01:41:44,608 Nothing but ice. 1121 01:41:59,900 --> 01:42:01,608 Captain? 1122 01:42:04,108 --> 01:42:06,192 Are we there? 1123 01:42:21,525 --> 01:42:22,567 Everybody? 1124 01:42:23,525 --> 01:42:27,358 It's 22 minutes past midnight. 1125 01:42:28,983 --> 01:42:32,983 On the 12th of May, 1926. 1126 01:42:35,608 --> 01:42:37,358 And we have reached the North Pole. 1127 01:42:39,775 --> 01:42:42,317 - Congratulations. - Ellsworth. 1128 01:42:43,192 --> 01:42:44,692 Nobile. 1129 01:43:06,608 --> 01:43:08,692 Mr. Nobile, do you think you could have done it 1130 01:43:08,775 --> 01:43:11,733 without the help of Captain Amundsen here? 1131 01:43:11,817 --> 01:43:13,775 Amundsen is a great explorer. 1132 01:43:13,858 --> 01:43:16,317 But let's not forget this is an Italian airship. 1133 01:43:16,400 --> 01:43:19,733 Italian technology and funding. 1134 01:43:19,817 --> 01:43:22,233 It is why I am planning a new expedition 1135 01:43:22,317 --> 01:43:25,067 with an airship called Italia, and I will be the captain. 1136 01:44:22,358 --> 01:44:26,733 I stood there on that airship, 1137 01:44:26,817 --> 01:44:29,525 with the Italian and that damn dog. 1138 01:44:29,608 --> 01:44:31,650 And suddenly... 1139 01:44:33,275 --> 01:44:35,567 Suddenly it was... 1140 01:44:35,650 --> 01:44:37,358 over. 1141 01:44:41,858 --> 01:44:44,067 Done. 1142 01:44:44,150 --> 01:44:45,733 Over and done. 1143 01:44:47,858 --> 01:44:50,608 No more white spots on the map. 1144 01:44:53,067 --> 01:44:56,733 You are much more than that, Roald. 1145 01:44:56,817 --> 01:44:59,317 There's much left to achieve. 1146 01:44:59,400 --> 01:45:01,525 In medicine. 1147 01:45:01,608 --> 01:45:03,317 Technology. 1148 01:45:04,275 --> 01:45:06,108 In politics. 1149 01:45:12,692 --> 01:45:15,317 I hear you're writing a book. 1150 01:45:16,692 --> 01:45:18,275 Who has said that? 1151 01:45:19,317 --> 01:45:21,650 Someone who cares about you. 1152 01:45:21,733 --> 01:45:23,525 Wisting? 1153 01:45:23,608 --> 01:45:26,317 He said you may be angry 1154 01:45:26,400 --> 01:45:28,067 with the English. 1155 01:45:28,150 --> 01:45:29,942 With Nobile. 1156 01:45:30,025 --> 01:45:32,400 Even with your own brother. 1157 01:45:32,483 --> 01:45:34,025 And I thought: 1158 01:45:34,108 --> 01:45:38,233 Is there a worse time to write an autobiography? 1159 01:45:38,317 --> 01:45:42,442 Fridtjof Nansen. Always ready to help whoever it may be. 1160 01:45:44,233 --> 01:45:46,358 What will you call it? 1161 01:45:48,108 --> 01:45:49,900 "My Life as an Explorer". 1162 01:45:49,983 --> 01:45:51,983 - Explorer? - Yes. 1163 01:46:04,067 --> 01:46:06,567 But think about what I said. 1164 01:46:06,650 --> 01:46:11,150 We still need a good relationship with the English. 1165 01:46:19,858 --> 01:46:21,692 In my experience, 1166 01:46:22,900 --> 01:46:24,775 the English, 1167 01:46:24,858 --> 01:46:26,900 by and large, 1168 01:46:26,983 --> 01:46:29,192 are a breed of poor losers. 1169 01:46:29,275 --> 01:46:32,358 This is exactly what I mean, Roald. 1170 01:46:32,442 --> 01:46:35,525 If I could have one wish, 1171 01:46:35,608 --> 01:46:37,900 I would want Scott to survive. 1172 01:46:37,983 --> 01:46:41,317 Then he would simply be number two. The loser. 1173 01:46:41,400 --> 01:46:46,067 Instead they made him a martyr and me the villain 1174 01:46:46,150 --> 01:46:48,067 who beat him. 1175 01:46:48,150 --> 01:46:50,900 I won, but was made a villain. 1176 01:46:50,983 --> 01:46:56,358 And I have always lived according to the strictest code of honor. 1177 01:46:58,275 --> 01:47:03,275 I planned the South Pole so well that I made it look easy. 1178 01:47:03,358 --> 01:47:07,067 That's the biggest mistake I've ever made. 1179 01:47:10,650 --> 01:47:11,983 A book... 1180 01:47:12,067 --> 01:47:13,900 is forever. 1181 01:47:32,108 --> 01:47:35,233 MY LIFE AS AN EXPLORER 1182 01:47:38,650 --> 01:47:40,192 Leon? 1183 01:47:43,275 --> 01:47:44,525 Leon? 1184 01:47:53,483 --> 01:47:55,692 Have you finished it? 1185 01:47:55,775 --> 01:47:57,483 Yes. 1186 01:48:01,858 --> 01:48:04,233 He castigates everyone. 1187 01:48:08,108 --> 01:48:09,942 The English. Scott. 1188 01:48:10,025 --> 01:48:11,900 Nobile. 1189 01:48:13,025 --> 01:48:16,442 Hardangervidda, when I saved his life. 1190 01:48:18,400 --> 01:48:22,150 "I was frozen stuck in a block of ice." 1191 01:48:22,233 --> 01:48:26,608 "I struggled to free myself, but to no avail." 1192 01:48:26,692 --> 01:48:29,192 "I cried out for my..." 1193 01:48:29,275 --> 01:48:31,233 "...companion." 1194 01:48:35,233 --> 01:48:40,192 That's all that's left of me. A companion with no name. 1195 01:48:40,275 --> 01:48:42,608 My dear, are you crying? 1196 01:48:57,108 --> 01:48:59,983 First to spend the winter in Antarctica. 1197 01:49:00,067 --> 01:49:02,900 First through the Northwest Passage. 1198 01:49:02,983 --> 01:49:04,400 First on the South Pole. 1199 01:49:04,483 --> 01:49:08,858 First to circumnavigate the entire Arctic Ocean. 1200 01:49:08,942 --> 01:49:14,192 First to navigate the Northwest and Northeast Passage. 1201 01:49:14,275 --> 01:49:18,900 And the crowning glory: First to fly over the polar ice cap, 1202 01:49:18,983 --> 01:49:23,692 between the North Pole and Alaska. And thus, first on both poles. 1203 01:49:23,775 --> 01:49:24,983 In brief: 1204 01:49:25,067 --> 01:49:29,567 The greatest polar explorer in history! 1205 01:49:29,650 --> 01:49:33,525 AFTENPOSTEN NEWSPAPER, OSLO MAY 26, 1928 1206 01:49:56,608 --> 01:49:58,442 Wisting? 1207 01:49:58,525 --> 01:50:00,858 Captain? 1208 01:50:00,942 --> 01:50:03,525 Nansen. Where... 1209 01:50:03,608 --> 01:50:05,358 Where is he? 1210 01:50:05,442 --> 01:50:10,275 - And the King and Queen? - They sent their apologies. 1211 01:50:10,358 --> 01:50:12,900 Because of that damn book. I knew it. 1212 01:50:14,150 --> 01:50:16,442 And Bess isn't here either. 1213 01:50:17,817 --> 01:50:19,942 She'll be back soon. 1214 01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:45,233 As you all know, 1215 01:50:45,317 --> 01:50:49,817 Umberto Nobile has set out on a new Arctic expedition. 1216 01:50:49,900 --> 01:50:53,400 But his airship has gone missing. 1217 01:50:53,483 --> 01:50:58,192 A cyclone has struck the west coast of Spitsbergen. 1218 01:50:58,275 --> 01:51:01,275 Most likely blowing the ship eastwards. 1219 01:51:01,358 --> 01:51:03,483 The rescue operation must be by plane. 1220 01:51:03,567 --> 01:51:06,442 But no airplane has ever succeeded 1221 01:51:06,525 --> 01:51:09,650 at crossing this area. 1222 01:51:09,733 --> 01:51:11,608 I will be the first. 1223 01:51:12,650 --> 01:51:15,400 Mr. Amundsen, I'm sure everyone here would like to know, 1224 01:51:15,483 --> 01:51:18,775 our international guests as well as us Norwegians, 1225 01:51:18,858 --> 01:51:21,983 will you take part in the search and rescue of Umberto Nobile? 1226 01:51:22,067 --> 01:51:23,608 Yes, sir. 1227 01:51:23,692 --> 01:51:24,942 Right away. 1228 01:51:25,567 --> 01:51:27,942 Amundsen? 1229 01:51:28,025 --> 01:51:29,400 Amundsen? 1230 01:51:35,567 --> 01:51:38,400 TROMSØ, NORWAY JUNE 18, 1928 1231 01:52:20,525 --> 01:52:22,358 Congratulations. That was... 1232 01:52:27,150 --> 01:52:28,983 Bess Magids. 1233 01:52:30,608 --> 01:52:32,108 Amundsen. 1234 01:52:32,192 --> 01:52:34,358 Captain Amundsen. 1235 01:52:36,733 --> 01:52:38,650 Well, Captain, 1236 01:52:38,733 --> 01:52:40,567 you play poker? 1237 01:55:20,817 --> 01:55:22,442 What happened? 1238 01:55:24,275 --> 01:55:25,983 He's gone, Bess. 1239 01:55:27,067 --> 01:55:28,608 He... 1240 01:55:29,983 --> 01:55:31,317 Nobile went missing, 1241 01:55:31,400 --> 01:55:33,358 and Roald took a plane to find him. 1242 01:55:35,192 --> 01:55:36,483 Why? 1243 01:55:38,983 --> 01:55:42,733 The... plane went down somewhere. 1244 01:55:58,733 --> 01:56:00,400 I'm so sorry, I... 1245 01:56:01,400 --> 01:56:03,442 I should have been there. I... 1246 01:56:04,858 --> 01:56:06,525 I could have stopped him. 1247 01:56:16,525 --> 01:56:18,775 Nobody could have. 1248 01:59:21,442 --> 01:59:28,317 ROALD AMUNDSEN DISAPPEARED ON JUNE 18, 1928, AT THE AGE OF 56. 1249 01:59:28,400 --> 01:59:31,567 HE WAS NEVER FOUND. 1250 01:59:33,775 --> 01:59:36,317 AS PART OF SOUTH POLE DAY, 1251 01:59:36,400 --> 01:59:41,692 A TWO-MINUTE SILENCE WAS OBSERVED IN NORWAY ON DECEMBER 14, 1252 01:59:41,775 --> 01:59:44,858 IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROALD AMUNDSEN. 1253 01:59:47,400 --> 01:59:54,317 LEON AMUNDSEN DIED SIX YEARS LATER OF A BLEEDING ULCER. 1254 01:59:58,775 --> 02:00:04,150 FOLLOWING HER ENGAGEMENT TO ROALD, BESS MAGIDS MOVED BACK TO CANADA. 1255 02:00:04,233 --> 02:00:08,400 THERE SHE MARRIED AND DIVORCED TWICE. SHE DIED IN 1971. 1256 02:00:11,025 --> 02:00:15,358 KAKONITA AND CAMILLA RETURNED TO EAST SIBERIA ALONE. 1257 02:00:15,442 --> 02:00:19,150 LATER THEY BOTH MOVED TO VANCOUVER, CANADA. 1258 02:00:19,233 --> 02:00:21,692 THEY REMAINED CLOSE FOR LIFE.