Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928
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- Amundsen, Rual, 1872-1928
- Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning, 1872-1928
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Birth Date
- 1872-07-16
Death Date
- 1928-06-18~
Birth Place
- Borge (Norway)
Associated Language
- Norwegian
Field of Activity
(lcsh) South Pole--Discovery and exploration
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Earlier Established Forms
- Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning, 1872-1928
Sources
- found: National Library of the Netherlands in VIAF, 18 September 2016(access point: Amundsen, Roald (Roald Engelbregt Gravning), 1872-1928)
- found: Wikipedia, 18 September 2016(Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872-c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912 which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader for the air expedition to the North Pole. Amundsen is recognized as the first person, without dispute, as having reached both poles. He is also known as having the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage (1903-1906) in the Arctic. In June 1928, while taking part in a rescue mission for the Airship Italia, the plane Amundsen was in disappeared. Amundsen was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, in the class of Douglas Mawson, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen
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- 1980-04-09: new
- 2022-08-04: revised
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