Amundsen vs Scott: should the pole be reached by dogs or by grit?

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ROALD AMUNDSEN vs SCOTT go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.

ROALD AMUNDSEN

I studied the Inuit, ran dogs, and reached the Pole while you were hauling sledges by hand like a proud mule.

SCOTT

There is honor in a man's own strength, Amundsen - not in eating the very dogs that pulled you south.

ROALD AMUNDSEN

Honor freezes just as fast as pride, Scott; the ice rewards the prepared, not the poetic.

SCOTT

Then let history keep your record and my letters - one is measured in miles, the other in men who chose to die with dignity.

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