Roald Amundsen
1872-1928
Norwegian Explorer
As an Arctic and Antarctic explorer, Roald Amundsen accumulated a number of titles. After he became the first human to sail through the Northwest Passage, h...
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Roald Amundsen
Born 1872, Borge, Norway Died c. June 8. 1928, The Atlantic Ocean
The son of a shipbuilder, Roald Amundsen was born in Borge, a town in Norway near Oslo. He was 14 when his father die...
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The Norwegian Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was the first explorer to reach the South Pole. One of the greatest figures in the history of polar exploration, he was also the first to sail through the Nort...
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Wellington (dpa) - Veteran New Zealand adventurer Sir Edmund
Hillary, making what could be his last visit to Antarctica at the age
of 87, called on Britain Sunday to help pr...
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2007. There are 347 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 18, 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the ...
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Today is Thursday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2006. There are 17 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 14, 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, die...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - How to raise awareness of climate change: you
can hop onto a stage in front of thousands of adoring fans and sing
about it or you can strip to a Speedo,...
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Dec 7 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on December 14 since 1900: 1900 - Max Planck published his Quantum Theory that radiant
energy comes in small, indivisible ...
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OSLO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Frostbite and hundreds of miles of
icy crevasses pose timeless dangers in a new international race
to the South Pole nearly a century after Norwegian explorer
Roald Amunds...
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TROLL STATION, Antarctica, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Nations
claiming parts of Antarctica are quietly staking out rights to
the seabed, in stark contrast to the North Pole where Russia
ostentatiously pla...
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Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Hillary urges Britain to save Antarctic explorers' huts
