Roald amundsen biography wikipedia

Roald Amundsen was a Norwegianexplorer who focused on the poles. He led the first expedition to reach the South Pole and the first that could prove it made it to the North Pole.

Amundsen was also the first man known to travel the Northwest Passage.

Life

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When Amundsen was young, he decided he would use his life to explore the wilderness.

Roald amundsen biography wikipedia english

He was inspired by the lives of Fridtjof Nansen and John Franklin.^[2] While his mother was alive he did not go to sea, to keep a promise to her. After her death, he quit university to begin exploring the world at 21 years old.^[3]

In 1897, he went on the Belgian Antarctic Expedition as first mate.

This was the first expedition to stay over winter at Antarctica, since their ship got stuck in the ice preventing them from leaving.

In 1903, Amundsen led the first expedition to make it through the Northwest Passage.^[4]

In October 1911, he began his expedition to Antarctica w