On Roald Amundsen's scientific achievements

This paper describes the significant direct and indirect contributions to science made by the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen in the period 1897–1924. It documents that his expeditions through the North-west Passage (1903–06) with Gjøa, to the South Pole (1910–12) with Fram and through the N...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Author: Arnoldus Schytte Blix
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2016
Subjects:
Fridtjof Nansen
polar exploration
South Pole
North-west Passage
North-east Passage
H.U. Sverdrup
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Oceanography
GC1-1581
Fridtjof
Chukchi
North East Passage
North West Passage
Polar Research
South pole
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.31319
https://doaj.org/article/79645eb131eb423aafcc8d98cbdca696
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Summary:This paper describes the significant direct and indirect contributions to science made by the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen in the period 1897–1924. It documents that his expeditions through the North-west Passage (1903–06) with Gjøa, to the South Pole (1910–12) with Fram and through the North-east Passage (1918–1920) and the Chukchi and East Siberian seas (1921–25) with Maud yielded vast amounts of published scientific material on meteorology, terrestrial magnetism, geology, palaeontology, oceanography, ethnography, zoology and botany, which, though celebrated at the time, have since received scant recognition in more recent assessments of Amundsen's achievements.

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