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Roald Amundsen

Find details about Norwegian Roald Amundsen who led the team to first set foot at the South Pole -- 90 degrees S in December 1911. His passion for exploring also took him to the North Pole -- 90 degrees N.

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Who was amundsen's wife?

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Mary but i may not be right

How did Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott?

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There are many elements to this debate, but a few stand out. Amundsen's base camp was closer to the South Pole than was Scott's; Amundsen's team members were all experienced skiers; they were willing to use dogs to pull supply and equipment-laden sleds, and consume the dogs as part of their diet enroute.

All this meant that Amundsen saw advantages in his planning and execution and took advantage of them to best Scott's efforts to achieve the South Pole by 33 days.

Where did Amundsen start his journey?

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All of Amundsen's journeys began in Oslo/ Christina, Norway.

Roald Amundsen is credited with being the first explorer to reach?

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Amundsen and his team were first to sail between Greenland and Alaska by way of the Northwest Passage. Years later, he also lead the team to be the first humans to set foot at the South Pole.

What was roald amundsen childhood like?

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Roald amudsen childhood was better than most because e was an intelligant person who new what he wanted in life

Who did Ronald Amundsen beat to the South Pole?

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Essentially, since his team was the first to set foot at the South Pole. Amundsen beat us all.

Which Norwegian explorer was the first to explore both the North and South Poles and died during a rescue mission?

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Rould Amundsen was born on July 15, 1872, and led the team of explorers who first set foot at the South Pole in December 2010.

What has the author Roald Amundsen written?

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Four : The North-West Passage: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship "Gjoa" , The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram" , The First Flight Across the Polar Sea and My Life as an Explorer .

When did amundsen start his journey to the south pole?

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The first undisputed sighting of the Pole was on May 12, 1926 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his American sponsor Lincoln Ellsworth from the airship Norge.

In the strictest sense of attaining a pole, this does not count, as he never set foot there. Although some people credit Amundsen with being the first man to reach both poles.

What did roald amundsen do to change history?

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I think the question should be why did Amundsen change his plans.

He changed his plans at the last moment because of Peary's claim to have reached the North Pole in 1909. He did not inform anyone of his plans and was vilified for a while over it.

Why was Roald Amundsen's a successful journey?

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In the Heroic Era of polar explorers, Raoul Amundsen is set apart as arguably the best. His vocation was exploring. He learned from Fridjof Nansen, a premier polar explorer of the north, who studied life and survival with native northern peoples. Amundsen understood equipment required for polar exploration and was a solid planner.

Amundsen was the first human to set foot at the South Pole, among his other accomplishments. After his success in Antarctica, he returned to 'civilization' and lectured for months, raising money to pay his expedition debts. This work continued until news of Scott's demise caught up with the world, in November 2012.

When did Amundsen die?

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It is unknown exactly where Roald Amundsen died, but he disappeared on 18 June 1928 while on a rescue mission. Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile's airship "the Italia" had crashed while returning from the North Pole. Amundsen set out with Norwegian pilot Leif Dietrichson, French pilot Rene Guilbaud, and three more Frenchmen, looking for missing members of Nobile's crew. Clues to Amundsen's death came in the form of a pontoon from the French Latham 47 flying-boat he was in, improvised into a life raft, which was found near the Tromsø coast. It is believed that the plane crashed in fog in the Barents Sea, and that Amundsen was killed in the crash, or died shortly afterwards. His body was never found. A 2003 discovery suggests the plane went down northwest of Bjørnøya (Bear Island).

Did Roald Amundsen leave a letter at the South Pole as proof that he had reached it first?

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Amundsen left a note in his Poleheim tent at the South Pole indicating the position of his camp -- about 2,500 yards from the mathematical pole.

Amundsen and his team spent seven days at the pole, taking sun sightings with both sextant and theodolite to confirm their position as 90 degrees S.

What obstacles did Roald Amundsen face on his journey?

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he was mostly worried that Robert falcon Scott would have beaten him.

it took a long time to use the sledges because of the blistering winds... they were in winter season.

so yeahhh

Did Roald Amundsen travel with anyone?

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Cool Antarctica reports that there were 20 souls in that expedition:

"Amundsen, Roald - expedition leader

Beck, Andreas - seaman and ice pilot

Bjaaland, Olav Olavson

Gjertsen, Lieutenant Fredrick - first mate.

Hansen, Ludvig - Seaman and ice pilot

Hanssen, Helmer

Hassel, Sverre

Johansen, Hjalmar

Kristensen - deck-hand and then 3rd engineer

Kutchin, Alexander Lindstrøm, Adolf Henrick - cook / carpenter

Nilsen, Lieutenant Thorvald - First-Lieutenant, second in command.

Nödtvedt, Jacob - 2nd engineer

Olsen, Karinius - cook / carpenter

Prestrude, Lieutenant Kristian - second officer.

Rønne, Martin - sail maker

Stubberud, Jorgen - carpenter

Sundbeck, Knut - Engineer

Wisting, Oskar"

What language did Ronald Amundsen speak?

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Norwegian....

What were Roald Amundsen's beliefs?

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he was christian

Why did amundsen win the race?

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He got to the South Pole first because he had a huge head start (about two weeks) he had also planned the location of his base camp so it was suitable for his team. The team had assembled a small wooden hut (called Fram) so they would be comfortable in the base camp during the really cold winters.

Amundsen also planned his journey months before he actually started. He laid three depots before the journey started, to reduce the amount of supplies he and his team would have to carry. He used dogs to pull the sleds, they skied and took a shorter route than did the Englishman, Captain Scott.

Amundsen also made sure he took the most direct route no matter what they had to face.

What did Roald Amundsen use to get to the South Pole?

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Ronald Amundsen used 3 sledges and 52 dogs to get to the South Pole.

How long did it take roald amundsen to reach the south pole?

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Amundsen completed an expedition in 1906, and planned next to 'conquer' the North Pole. In 1909, he learned that the North Pole had already been 'conquered' by Cook and Peary.

Amundsen decided to head for the South Pole, and learned Englishman Captain Scott was planning a similar expedition.

Amundsen left for the South Pole on 1910 June 3.

From these details you could surmise that it took him about four years to complete his plans for his trip to Antarctica.

What was the effect of Roald Amundsen's discovery?

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Amundsen led the team to be the first to navigate the Northern Passage between Greenland and Alaska.

As well, Roald Amundsen explored Antarctica and led the team that was first to set foot at the South Pole.

Did roald amundsen have a wife?

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No, he was never married.

What was Roald Amundsen interaction with the natives?

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During the Gjoa Expedition of the Northwest Passage, 1903-06, Amundsen mastered using animal skins for clothing, which repelled water better than cloth clothing, and he learned about sled dogs and their usefulness pulling sledges.

Otherwise, Amundsen learned some of his polar survival and living skills from Fridjof Nansen, who indeed spent much time learning skills from the 'natives'.

Inuit natives claimed European ancestry from the Goya crew (of seven), but no DNA evidence ever confirmed that Amundsen took a partner there. He often advised against it and wrote warnings to his crew not to take Inuit partners.