On Roald Amundsen's scientific achievements

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Fig. 1  Sketch of the instrumentation onboard the floating laboratory Maud, as drawn by pilot, instrument-maker and handyman, Odd Dahl: (1) bottom scraper; (2) bottom sampler; (3) current meter; (4) depth gauge; (5) water sampler; (6) plankton net; (7) tide gauge; (8) electrical thermometers; (9) aurora camera; (10) and (24) kites for high-altitude meteorological measurements; (11) heat flux from ice gauges; (12) balloon for collecting meteorological data; (13) solar activity and electrical activity; (14) direction and strength of wind; (15) electrical thermometers; (16) meteorological station; (17) precipitation; (18) and (23) balloon for observing wind direction at high altitude; (19) astronomical positioning; (20) air electrical measurements; (21) magnetic recordings; (22) continuous recording of variation of magnetic declination; (25) reconnaissance plane (illustration from Dahl & Lunde 1976).

Dahl O., Lunde R. Odd Dahl og Maudferden. (Odd Dahl and the Maud expedition.). 1976; Oslo: Christian Schibsteds Forlag.

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