Improvised sounding tackle, Antarctica Size:Large: 7 x 5in Also showing a number of

Also showing a number of water vessels

In late July 1876

Geodesist and metrologist Henry Kater (1777-1835) invented Kater's pendulum in 1817 which enabled the strength of gravity to be determined

Apsley House

near St James

Improvised sounding tackle, Antarctica Size:Large: 7 x 5in Also showing a number ofImprovised sounding tackle, Antarctica, 1911 1912. Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872 1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving at the Pole on 14th December 1911, beating Captain Scott's British expedition by 35 days. From The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 12, Vol 1 by Roald Amundsen.