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What country and monarch sent Roald Amundsen to explore?

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Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was a Norwegian explorer who was tracing the Northwest Passage when Norway was still ruled by Sweden under King Oscar II. The dissolution of the union with Sweden (1814-1905) allowed Prince Carl of Denmark to become King Haakon VII of an independent Norway.

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