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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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/3291 2024-09-09T19:36:29+00:00 On Roald Amundsen’s scientific achievements Blix, Arnoldus Schytte 2016-03-10 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip application/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3291 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.31319 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3291/pdf_49 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3291/html_58 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3291/_58 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3291/xml_57 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3291/8989 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3291 doi:10.3402/polar.v35.31319 Polar Research; Vol 35 (2016) 1751-8369 Fridtjof Nansen polar exploration South Pole North-west Passage North-east Passage H.U. Sverdrup info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.31319 2024-06-20T23:33:17Z 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.Keywords: Fridtjof Nansen; polar exploration; South Pole; North-west Passage; North-east Passage; H.U. Sverdrup(Published: 10 March 2016)To access the supplementary material for this article, please see the supplementary file in the column to the right (under Article Tools).Citation: Polar Research 2016, 35, 31319, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.31319 Article in Journal/Newspaper Chukchi Fridtjof Nansen North East Passage North West Passage Polar Research South pole Polar Research Fridtjof ENVELOPE(-56.717,-56.717,-63.567,-63.567) South Pole Polar Research 35 1 31319 |
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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.Keywords: Fridtjof Nansen; polar exploration; South Pole; North-west Passage; North-east Passage; H.U. Sverdrup(Published: 10 March 2016)To access the supplementary material for this article, please see the supplementary file in the column to the right (under Article Tools).Citation: Polar Research 2016, 35, 31319, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.31319 |
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