Roald Amundsen

Contains a biography of the Norwegian explorer, 1872-1928, who was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage and to fly across the Arctic Ocean. His early life, travels in the Antarctic, and financial difficulties are described; his arctic explorations are recounted: through the Northwest Passage...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Sverdrup, Harald U.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1959
Subjects:
Caribou
Snow
Tundra ecology
Winter ecology
Antarctic
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Nobile
Northwest Passage
The Antarctic
Antarc*
North Magnetic Pole
Northeast Passage
Northwest passage
Tundra
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66777
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Summary:Contains a biography of the Norwegian explorer, 1872-1928, who was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage and to fly across the Arctic Ocean. His early life, travels in the Antarctic, and financial difficulties are described; his arctic explorations are recounted: through the Northwest Passage on the Gjoa 1903-1906, and the Northeast Passage on the Maud 1918-25, the scientific data accumulated; the north magnetic pole relocated by the Gjoa party. The Amundsen-Ellsworth flight of 1925 and that of Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile in 1926 pioneered the use of aircraft in arctic exploration.

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