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Roald Amundsen

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage. He disappeared in June 1928 while taking part in a rescue mission...

Timeline of Events

1903

6.16.1903

Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.

1911

12.14.1911

Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

1912

1.17.1912

Sir Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.

3.7.1912

Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.