Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, probably in Seattle, ca. 1926
Roald Amundsen described his life as a "constant journey towards the final destination." Originally studying medicine due to his mother's wishes, he discontinued his studies after the death of his parents and decided to pursue his dream of polar exploration. His first experience was i...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/772 2023-05-15T13:54:03+02:00 Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, probably in Seattle, ca. 1926 Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/772 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1986.5G.9 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/772 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection Explorers--Washington (State)--Seattle Offices--Washington (State)--Seattle Desks--Washington (State)--Seattle Telephones--Washington (State)--Seattle Amundsen Roald 1872-1928 photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:53:36Z Roald Amundsen described his life as a "constant journey towards the final destination." Originally studying medicine due to his mother's wishes, he discontinued his studies after the death of his parents and decided to pursue his dream of polar exploration. His first experience was in the Antarctic on the Belgica Expedition in 1899. Soon after, in 1903-1906, he became the first to travel the Northwest Passage in his ship, the 'Gjoa.' He abandoned his plans to seek the North Pole using Nansen's Fram after hearing the news of Peary's reaching the pole. Immediately he began secret plans to reach the South Pole which he and his party did on December 14, 1911. Of his many later endeavors, the flight of the airship 'Norge' over the North Pole from Spitzbergen (Svalbard) Norway to Alaska with Lincoln Ellsworth is the best known. Amundsen died in a plane crash in 1928 during a search for survivors of Umberto Nobile's airship 'Italia.' This photograph from near the end of Amundsen's life was likely taken during a visit to Seattle; possibly from his 1926 visit with Lincoln Ellsworth prior to their North Pole airship crossing. Caption information sources: ODIN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; South-Pole.com. 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Arctic North Pole Northwest passage South pole South pole Spitzbergen Svalbard Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Svalbard Norway South Pole North Pole Northwest Passage |
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Explorers--Washington (State)--Seattle Offices--Washington (State)--Seattle Desks--Washington (State)--Seattle Telephones--Washington (State)--Seattle Amundsen Roald 1872-1928 Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, probably in Seattle, ca. 1926 |
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Roald Amundsen described his life as a "constant journey towards the final destination." Originally studying medicine due to his mother's wishes, he discontinued his studies after the death of his parents and decided to pursue his dream of polar exploration. His first experience was in the Antarctic on the Belgica Expedition in 1899. Soon after, in 1903-1906, he became the first to travel the Northwest Passage in his ship, the 'Gjoa.' He abandoned his plans to seek the North Pole using Nansen's Fram after hearing the news of Peary's reaching the pole. Immediately he began secret plans to reach the South Pole which he and his party did on December 14, 1911. Of his many later endeavors, the flight of the airship 'Norge' over the North Pole from Spitzbergen (Svalbard) Norway to Alaska with Lincoln Ellsworth is the best known. Amundsen died in a plane crash in 1928 during a search for survivors of Umberto Nobile's airship 'Italia.' This photograph from near the end of Amundsen's life was likely taken during a visit to Seattle; possibly from his 1926 visit with Lincoln Ellsworth prior to their North Pole airship crossing. Caption information sources: ODIN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; South-Pole.com. 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
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Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, probably in Seattle, ca. 1926 |
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Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, probably in Seattle, ca. 1926 |
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Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, probably in Seattle, ca. 1926 |
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Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, probably in Seattle, ca. 1926 |
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Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, probably in Seattle, ca. 1926 |
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arctic explorer roald amundsen, probably in seattle, ca. 1926 |
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United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Svalbard Norway South Pole North Pole Northwest Passage |
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Antarc* Antarctic Arctic North Pole Northwest passage South pole South pole Spitzbergen Svalbard Alaska |
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Antarc* Antarctic Arctic North Pole Northwest passage South pole South pole Spitzbergen Svalbard Alaska |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1986.5G.9 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/772 |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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