Roald Amundsen

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Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian polar explorer renowned for leading the first successful expedition to the South Pole and for pioneering voyages in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

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instanceOf Norwegian explorer
human
polar explorer
authored Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912
surface form: The South Pole (account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition)
causeOfDeath aircraft accident
coExplorer Lincoln Ellsworth
Umberto Nobile
commandedVessel Fram
Gjøa
Maud
completed first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage
countryOfCitizenship Norway
dateOfBirth 1872-07-16
dateOfDeath 1928-06-18
dateOfEvent Norge Arctic flight 1926
dateReached 1911-12-14
disappearedDuring rescue mission in the Arctic in 1928
education naval training in Norway
endDateOfEvent Northwest Passage expedition 1903
surface form: Northwest Passage expedition 1906
familyName Roald Amundsen self-linksurface differs
surface form: Amundsen
fieldOfWork polar exploration
genre exploration literature
givenName Roald Dahl
surface form: Roald
hasMonument Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station named partly in his honor
honoredIn Amundsen Sea
surface form: Amundsen Sea in Antarctica

crater Amundsen on the Moon
knownFor Antarctic exploration
Arctic exploration
Franklin expedition
surface form: Northwest Passage expedition

leading the first successful expedition to the South Pole
polar exploration
language Norwegian
ledExpedition Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912
surface form: Amundsen's South Pole expedition

Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1910–1912
militaryService Royal Norwegian Navy
name Roald Amundsen self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen
nationality Norwegian
occupation explorer
navigator
participatedIn first verified air crossing of the Arctic Ocean
placeOfBirth Borge, Østfold, Norway
placeOfDeath Barents Sea
reached South Pole
religion Lutheranism
searchingFor missing airship Italia during final flight
startDateOfEvent Northwest Passage expedition 1903
usedTransportation airship Norge
dog sled
ski
wasFirstToReach South Pole

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Northwest Passage exploredBy Roald Amundsen
Fram Museum hasExhibitionTheme Roald Amundsen
Amundsen Sea namedAfter Roald Amundsen
Amundsen Sea namedAfter Roald Amundsen
this entity surface form: Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen
South Pole firstReachedBy Roald Amundsen
Farthest North influenced Roald Amundsen
Fram expeditionLeader Roald Amundsen
Fram operator Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen name Roald Amundsen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen
Roald Amundsen familyName Roald Amundsen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Amundsen
Amundsen Gjøa expedition leader Roald Amundsen
Amundsen Gjøa expedition commander Roald Amundsen
Amundsen Gjøa expedition explorer Roald Amundsen
Amundsen Gjøa expedition crewMember Roald Amundsen
Amundsen Basin namedAfter Roald Amundsen
polar exploration ship Fram commander Roald Amundsen
subject surface form: Fram
polar exploration ship Fram associatedWith Roald Amundsen
subject surface form: Fram
Gjøa operator Roald Amundsen
Gjøa purchasedBy Roald Amundsen
Gjøa captain Roald Amundsen
Amundsen Gulf namedAfter Roald Amundsen
Cape Colbeck namedBy Roald Amundsen
Cape Colbeck discoveredBy Roald Amundsen
Polar Museum hasSubject Roald Amundsen
Explorers Club notableMember Roald Amundsen
Johan Söderqvist notableWork Roald Amundsen
this entity surface form: Amundsen
airship Norge operatedBy Roald Amundsen
airship Norge expeditionLeader Roald Amundsen
airship Norge crewIncluded Roald Amundsen
airship Norge associatedWith Roald Amundsen
Oscar Wisting hasFriend Roald Amundsen
Oscar Wisting closeAssociateOf Roald Amundsen
Norge expedition leader Roald Amundsen
Norge expedition operator Roald Amundsen
Norge expedition commandedBy Roald Amundsen
Norge expedition relatedTo Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth partnerInExpedition Roald Amundsen
James Ross Strait traversedBy Roald Amundsen
Peder Ristvedt notableAssociate Roald Amundsen
Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm employer Roald Amundsen
Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm workedWith Roald Amundsen
Gustav Juel Wiik associatedWith Roald Amundsen