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I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in ...

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We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels th...

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Roald Amundsen

Explorer

Born: 1872-07-16

Died: 1928-06-18

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (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. Amundsen began his career as a polar explorer as first mate on Adrien de Gerlache's Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899. From 1903 to 1906, he led the first expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage on the sloop Gjøa. He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles.More