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Roald Amundsen
1872–1928
A master of planning and endurance, this Norwegian explorer became the first person to reach the South Pole and helped redefine what polar travel could achieve. His journeys through the Northwest Passage and across the Arctic made him one of the great figures of exploration.
8 Audiobooks
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2
by Roald Amundsen
Aan de Zuidpool De Aarde en haar Volken, 1913
by Roald Amundsen
Our polar flight
by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1
by Roald Amundsen
De Noordwestelijke Doorvaart De Aarde en haar Volken, 1909
by Roald Amundsen
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2
by Roald Amundsen
En avion vers le pôle nord
by Roald Amundsen
D'Europe en Amérique par le pôle nord : voyage du dirigeable "Norge"
by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth
About the author
Born in Borge, Norway, in 1872, Roald Amundsen grew up in a family of shipowners and captains. Although his mother hoped he would study medicine, he eventually chose life at sea and devoted himself to exploration.
He took part in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in the 1890s, the first expedition to winter in Antarctica, and went on to lead some of the most famous journeys in polar history. He was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage, and in December 1911 he led the team that became the first to reach the South Pole.
Amundsen kept pushing into new territory after that, turning to aviation as well as ships in his Arctic work. In 1928, he disappeared while taking part in a rescue mission for the Italian explorer Umberto Nobile, bringing a dramatic close to a life built around risk, skill, and relentless determination.