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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (UK: / ˈ ɑː m ʊ n d s ən /, US: /-m ə n s-/; [3] [4] 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.
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.
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 December 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first to reach the South Pole — but that wasn't all he accomplished. Amundsen dedicated most of his life to exploring the Arctic and is widely considered the first man to reach both the South and North Poles.
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.
Amundsen gained crucial experience in Antarctic survival and developed the ability to cope with life-threatening situations. Amundsen's first independent journey was the 1903-06 Gjøa expedition to the ice-choked channels north of mainland Canada.
Two teams of five men each—one British, the other Norwegian—set out at the beginning of the 1911 Antarctic summer, both bent on becoming the first explorers to reach the South Pole. The British...
Roald Amundsen was a pioneering explorer who gained global fame during the heroic age of polar exploration for his Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. He and four comrades were the first people to ever reach the Geographic South Pole, on 14 December 1911, beating Captain Falcon Scott and his party by a mere 34 days in an epic, and infamous ...
On December 14, 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his British rival, Robert Falcon Scott.
Capt. Roald Amundsen, the discoverer of the Northwest Passage, left Norway in June, 1910, in the “Fram,” seemingly with the intention of sailing around Cape Horn, however, he sailed to the ...