When Roald Amundsen set out on the expedition to the South Pole in 1910, Flekkerøy harbor was last stop in Norway before departure. At the fortress Fredriksholm nearly a hundred Greenland dogs stayed in anticipation of getting on board the Amundsen's ship Fram. 98 dogs (two had died along the way) arrived at Fredriksholm from Greenland on board the steamer Hans Egede on 4 July 1910. The dogs had been brought from Greenland to Kristiansand to be examined by the State Veterinarian ("Stats Dyrlegen"), Christopher Juell in order to check the health of the dogs. The dogs were at Fredriksholm for a little over a month, until 9 August, when they were brought aboard the Fram at the start of Amundsen's South Pole expedition.