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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, a Norwegian explorer, was one of the greatest figures in the field of polar exploration. He was the first explorer to transit the Northwest Passage (1903–05), the first to reach the South Pole (1911), and the first to fly over the North Pole in an airship (1926).
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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. In 1903–05 he was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage.
- Sir John Franklin inspired Roald Amundsen to become a polar explorer. Roald Amundsen was born in Borge, Norway, in July 1872 and raised in nearby Oslo.
- Amundsen was on the first expedition to overwinter in the Antarctic. In 1897, at 25 years old, Amundsen was appointed first mate aboard the Belgica, a Belgian ship headed to explore the Antarctic region.
- He led the first expedition that sailed through the Northwest Passage … For centuries, explorers were obsessed with finding a sea route through the Canadian Arctic that linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- And the first expedition to reach the South Pole. For his next feat, Amundsen planned to take a page out of fellow Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen’s book and intentionally let his ship get stuck in pack ice, which would ideally float him along to the North Pole.
Learn about the Norwegian adventurer who beat Captain Scott to claim the South Pole for Norway. Discover his achievements, skills and legacy in polar exploration, from the North-West Passage to the North Pole.
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The writer of this terse diary entry was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer who had won renown five years earlier for being the first to sail the Arctic's fabled Northwest Passage from the...
Dec 14, 2011 · Learn how the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole in 1911, using dogs and skis, and how Scott and his team died on their way back. Read the account of Amundsen's historic expedition and its aftermath.
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