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Roald Amundsen - EnchantedLearning.com - English
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Roald Amundsen (July 16, 1872-June 22, 1928) was a Norwegian polar explorer who was the first person to fly over the North Pole in a dirigible (May 11-13, 1926) and was the first person to reach the South Pole. He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles.

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1Up Info - Amundsen, Roald (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
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1872–1928, Norwegian polar explorer; the first person to reach the South Pole. He served (1897–99) as first mate on the Belgica (under the Belgian Adrien de Gerlache) in an expedition to the Antarctic, and he commanded the Gjцa in the Arctic in the first negotiation of the Northwest Passage (1903–6); the Gjцa was the first single ship to complete the route through the Northwest Passage.

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Roald Amudsen Homepage - English
URL: http://www.mnc.net/norway/roald.html

Articles and biographies by various authors.

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Odin - The life of Roald Amundsen - English
URL: http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990461/

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It is 85 years since Roald Amundsen, on December 14th 1911, stood victorious at the South Pole. He had reached a goal that was the dream of many men. For the first time, human voices broke the awesome silence of the world's southernmost point.

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Fram Museum - English
URL: http://www.fram.museum.no/

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Home of the polar vessel Fram, designed by Fridtjof Nansen and used in Arctic exploration by Nansen and Otto Sverdrup as well as Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition.

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Antarctic Explorers: Roald Amundsen - English
URL: http://www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm

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Roald Amundsen, born in 1872 near Oslo, Norway, left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever born. His career of adventure began at the age of 15, originally studying medicine, but dropping out to go to sea where he soon moved his way up to the rank of mate.

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Roald Amundsen - English
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Roald Engebreth Gravning Amundsen of Norway took pride in being referred to as "the last of the Vikings." A powerfully built man of over six feet in height, Amundsen was born into a family of merchant sea captains and prosperous ship owners in 1872.

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Odin - The life of Roald Amundsen - English
URL: http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990461/index-dok000-b-n-a.

It is 85 years since Roald Amundsen, on December 14th 1911, stood victorious at the South Pole. He had reached a goal that was the dream of many men. For the first time, human voices broke the awesome silence of the world's southernmost point.

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The South Pole - English
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An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram,' 1910-1912, Volume 1

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The South Pole - English
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An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram,' 1910-1912, Volume 2

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АМУНДСЕН, РУАЛЬ - Russian
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Организовав базу в бухте Йоа, предпринял санные походы к Северному геомагнитному полюсу и определил его положение, а также прошел вдоль берегов о.Виктория. Затем проплыл на «Йоа» через пролив Симпсона, нашел Северо-Западный морской путь и в 1906 добрался до Сан-Франциско.

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Амундсен Руал - Russian
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Первым прошел Северо-Западным проходом па судне «Йоа» от Гренландии к Аляске (1903- 1906). Руководил экспедицией в Антарктику на судне «Фрам» (1910-1912).Первым достиг Южного полюса (14 декабря 1911). В 1918-1920 годах прошел вдоль северных берегов Евразии на судне «Мод». В 1926 году руководил первым перелетом через Северный полюс на дирижабле «Норвегия». Погиб в Баренцевом море во время поисков итальянской экспедиции У. Нобиле.

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Моусон, сэр Дуглас - Russian
URL: http://people.coins.ru/mawson.phtml

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Sir Douglas Mawson, 1882 - 1958. Австралийский путешественник и исследователь Антарктики.

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Амундсен, Руал - Russian
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Амундсен решил стать полярным путешественником в пятнадцать лет, когда прочитал книгу Джона Франклина, который в 1819-22 г.г. пытался отыскать Северо-Западный проход - путь из Атлантического океана в Тихий вокруг северных берегов Северной Америки.

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