several thousand applied but only 15 lucky people got in.
15 people
Amundsen explored from the age of 21 until his death at age 53. His expeditions are innumerable.
34 days. Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole first on 14th of December, 1911. Amundsen reported that he saw no sign of Scott. Scott reached the South Pole on 17th of January, 1912, acknowledging in his diary that Amundsen had got there a month earlier.
he had four children cause I'm doing a project on him and he had four children
310 miles! Sought by explorers for centuries as a possible trade route, it was first navigated by Roald Amundsen in 1903-1906. Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen was the first to sail through the Northwest Passage in 1903-1906.
Amundsen's team was five, and included fifty-two dogs when they set out on 19 October 1911 to be the first to set foot at the South Pole.
Roald Amundsen achieved many things in both the North and South Poles, however his journey in the South Pole is more known worldwide. Many things were named after him and he did not have achievements in the South Pole - he just achieved what he aimed to do there. This goal was to become the first person to reach both poles and it was fulfilled completely.
Even though Queen Maud of Norway was born into the British Royal Family, there is no record that she influenced any awards from the British to Roald Amundsen. This avoidance could also have been influenced by Amundsen's success at leading the team to first stand at the South Pole, a quest of the British Royal Navy Captain, Robert Falcon Scott, which ended tragically in many expedition deaths.
Amundsen lost no team members on the expedition that he led.
150 people were in Amundsen's crew.
James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott
He has 3 sons and One daughter, Freydis.