Amundsen Gjøa expedition

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Arctic expedition historical event polar exploration voyage

The Amundsen Gjøa expedition was Roald Amundsen’s 1903–1906 voyage that achieved the first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage in the small vessel Gjøa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Norwegian expedition of Roald Amundsen	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic expedition ⓘ historical event ⓘ polar exploration voyage ⓘ
achievement	first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage ⓘ
commander	Roald Amundsen ⓘ
crewMember	Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm ⓘ Anton Lund ⓘ Godfred Hansen ⓘ Gustav Juel Wiik ⓘ Helmer Hanssen ⓘ Peder Ristvedt ⓘ Roald Amundsen ⓘ
crewSize	7 ⓘ
departureCountry	Norway ⓘ
departurePort	Christiania ⓘ
departureYear	1903 ⓘ
destinationRegion	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Arctic Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
duration	3 years ⓘ
endDate	1906 ⓘ
era	Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration ⓘ
explorer	Roald Amundsen ⓘ
followedBy	Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912 ⓘ surface form: Amundsen South Pole expedition
historicalSignificance	proved the Northwest Passage was navigable by a small vessel ⓘ
influencedBy	earlier Northwest Passage attempts ⓘ
interactedWith	Inuit ⓘ surface form: Netsilik Inuit
leader	Roald Amundsen ⓘ
nationalityOfExpedition	Norwegian ⓘ
navigatedWaterway	Bering Strait ⓘ James Ross Strait ⓘ Lancaster Sound ⓘ Peel Sound ⓘ
notableFor	close cooperation with Inuit communities ⓘ use of a small, shallow-draft vessel ⓘ
originCountry	Norway ⓘ
precededBy	Franklin expedition ⓘ McClure expedition ⓘ
result	completed transit from Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean via Arctic ⓘ
route	Northwest Passage ⓘ
scientificDiscipline	geomagnetism ⓘ meteorology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ
scientificObjective	study of the magnetic North Pole ⓘ
shipType	small sloop ⓘ
startDate	1903 ⓘ
usedTechnology	sails ⓘ small auxiliary engine ⓘ
vesselUsed	Gjøa ⓘ
winteringLocation	Gjøa Haven ⓘ
winteringRegion	King William Island ⓘ

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Amundsen Sea → discoveredBy → Amundsen Gjøa expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norwegian expedition of Roald Amundsen

Northwest Passage → hasNotableExpedition → Amundsen Gjøa expedition ⓘ