Roald Amundsen

A Norwegian explorer of polar regions

Biography

As the leader of the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12, which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader for the air expedition to the North Pole, making him the first person, without dispute, to reach both poles. He is also known as having the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage (1903–06) in the Arctic.

In June 1928, while taking part in a rescue mission for the airship Italia, the plane in which he was a passenger disappeared.

Publications

Title	Publication Date	Description	Link
Roald Amundsen (webpage from Wikipedia)		A detailed article about Amundsen.	Link

Events

Name	Date
Roald Amundsen born	1872-07-16
Amundsen purchases Gjøa	1901-03-28
Gjøa leaves the Oslofjord	1903-06-16
Gjøa reaches San Francisco, California	1906-10-19
Fram sets sail for Funchal	1910-08-09
First expedition reaches South Pole	1911-12-14
Fram reaches Hobart	1912-03-07
Latham 47.02 tasked to help with search	1928-06-06
Latham 47.02 sets out	1928-06-18
Roald Amundsen disappears	1928-06-18

Expeditions

Name	Begin Date	End Date	Start Head Count
Belgian Antarctic Expedition	1897	1899
Amundsen's Northwest Passage Expedition	1903	1906
Amundsen's South Pole expedition	1910	1912	19

Locations

Antarctic Plate
Antarctica

North American Plate
Northwest Passage
San Francisco, California

Objects Operated

Name	Type
Fram	Sea-going Vessel

Objects Owned

Name	Type
Gjøa	Sea-going Vessel

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