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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (UK: / ˈ ɑː m ʊ n d s ən /, US: /-m ə n s-/; Norwegian: [ˈrùːɑɫ ˈɑ̂mʉnsən] ⓘ; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
May 2, 2024 · Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer who was the first to reach the South Pole, the first to make a ship voyage through the Northwest Passage, and one of the first to cross the Arctic by air. He was one of the greatest figures in the field of polar exploration.
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Olav Bjaaland. (plus 14 shore crew) Achievements. First to reach the South Pole. First exploration of Edward VII Land. Discovery of Axel Heiberg Glacier. Route. Amundsen's route compared to Scott's. The first ever expedition to reach the Geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.
Roald Amundsen, (born July 16, 1872, Borge, near Oslo, Nor.—disappeared June 18, 1928?, Arctic Ocean), Norwegian explorer, leader of the first group to reach the South Pole. In 1897 he took part in a Belgian expedition that was the first to winter in the Antarctic.
Learn about the avid adventurer who beat Captain Scott to claim the South Pole for Norway. Roald Amundsen is one of history’s most celebrated explorers, famous for navigating the North-West Passage and being the first to reach the South Pole.
Dec 14, 2011 · December 14, 2011. • 6 min read. It was the strangest of all races. Two teams of five men each—one British, the other Norwegian—set out at the beginning of the 1911 Antarctic summer, both bent on...
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- 1. (1872–1928), Norwegian explorer. Amundsen was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage (1903–6), during which expedition he located the site of the magnetic north pole. In 1911 he became the first to reach the South Pole.
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