Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition
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Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition was the early 20th-century Arctic voyage during which Amundsen and his crew became the first to successfully navigate the entire Northwest Passage by sea.
All labels observed (3)
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| Roald Amundsen's Arctic expeditions | 1 |
| Roald Amundsen’s Arctic expeditions | 1 |
| Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14177095 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition Context triple: [Helmer Hanssen, participantIn, Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition]
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Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean
The Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean was Fridtjof Nansen’s pioneering late-19th-century polar voyage that used a specially designed ship to drift with the pack ice in an attempt to reach the North Pole and advance scientific understanding of the Arctic.
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Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition
The Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition was a 1926 polar venture led by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Umberto Nobile that achieved the first verified crossing of the Arctic Ocean by airship.
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Otto Sverdrup expedition
The Otto Sverdrup expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and claimed several islands for Norway.
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Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912
Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912 was the pioneering Norwegian Antarctic journey that first reached the geographic South Pole, marking a major milestone in polar exploration.
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Fridtjof Nansen's Greenland expedition of 1888
Fridtjof Nansen's Greenland expedition of 1888 was the pioneering journey that achieved the first documented crossing of Greenland’s ice cap, marking a milestone in polar exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition Target entity description: Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition was the early 20th-century Arctic voyage during which Amundsen and his crew became the first to successfully navigate the entire Northwest Passage by sea.
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A.
Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean
The Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean was Fridtjof Nansen’s pioneering late-19th-century polar voyage that used a specially designed ship to drift with the pack ice in an attempt to reach the North Pole and advance scientific understanding of the Arctic.
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B.
Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition
The Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition was a 1926 polar venture led by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Umberto Nobile that achieved the first verified crossing of the Arctic Ocean by airship.
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C.
Otto Sverdrup expedition
The Otto Sverdrup expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and claimed several islands for Norway.
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D.
Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912
Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912 was the pioneering Norwegian Antarctic journey that first reached the geographic South Pole, marking a major milestone in polar exploration.
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E.
Fridtjof Nansen's Greenland expedition of 1888
Fridtjof Nansen's Greenland expedition of 1888 was the pioneering journey that achieved the first documented crossing of Greenland’s ice cap, marking a milestone in polar exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Roald Amundsen’s Arctic expeditions
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Roald Amundsen's Arctic expeditions