Butcher's Shop (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Butcher's Shop (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Historic
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The site at c.3000m (Amundsen reported 10,920 ft.) high in the Queen Maud Mountains, where the Norwegian polar party under Amundsen slaughtered some of their dogs for food for the others in 1911.
It was here in November 1911 that Amundsen's party slaughtered their excess sledge dogs, consuming portions themselves and permitting the remaining sledge dogs a feast, prior to making the final dash to the South Pole, which was reached December 14.
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