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Roald Engebreth Gravning Amundsen was born in 1872 in Borge, Norway.
Roald Engebreth Gravning Amundsen was born in 1872 in Borge, Norway. -
Amundsen was born into a family of merchant sea captains and prosperous ship owners in 1872.
Amundsen was born into a family of merchant sea captains and prosperous ship owners in 1872. -
In 1897 he sailed as first mate on the Belgica in a Belgian expedition that was the first to winter in the Antarctic.
In 1897, he sailed as first mate on the Belgica in a Belgian expedition that was the first to winter in the Antarctic. -
In 1903, with a crew of six on his 47-ton sloop Gjøa, Amundsen began his mission to sail through the Northwest Passage and around the northern Canadian coast.
In 1903, with a crew of six on his 47-ton sloop Gjøa, Amundsen began his mission to sail through the Northwest Passage and around the northern Canadian coast. -
Roald Amundsen
The first to reach the South Pole, the first to make a ship voyage through the Northwest Passage -
Second person to complete north east passage around Siberia
He went on to become only the second person to complete the North-East Passage around Siberia. -
Roald Amundsen tried and failed to tame a polar bear cub in 1920
Roald Amundsen tried and failed to tame a polar bear cub in 1920 -
First transantic flight across with a plane
He made history again in 1925, when, with his backer Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, he flew the airship Norge to Alaska via the North Pole – the first transarctic flight across the Pole. -
Last word
“Last entry. For God's sake look after our people” were his last words. -
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in 1928 when he died in a plane crash over the Arctic Ocean, during the search for survivors of a lost airship.
in 1928 when he died in a plane crash over the Arctic Ocean, during the search for survivors of a lost airship.