Amundsen was not the first european explorer to learn from indigenous people .
阿蒙森并不是第一个从极地原住民身上取经的欧洲探险家。
Amundsen depoted three times the supplies scott did ; scott starved and suffered scurvy .
阿蒙森携带的给养数量是斯科特的三倍;后者在探险途中饥寒交迫,且患上了严重的坏血病。
The best means of transportation was much debated : amundsen 's original arctic plans had included harnessing polar bears .
至于最佳的交通方式,在当时还存在很多争议:阿蒙森在北极探险时甚至想出了驾驭北极熊的荒诞点子。
And some of amundsen 's tactics are troubling , such as his calculated slaughter of dogs that had been affectionately named and treated as companions .