Amundsen Gjøa expedition
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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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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T553668 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amundsen Gjøa expedition Context triple: [Northwest Passage, hasNotableExpedition, Amundsen Gjøa expedition]
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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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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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Ralph Plaisted expedition
The Ralph Plaisted expedition was a 1968 snowmobile journey that became widely recognized as the first confirmed over-ice surface expedition to reach the geographic North Pole.
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Soviet Arctic expeditions
Soviet Arctic expeditions were a series of state-sponsored scientific and exploratory missions undertaken by the Soviet Union to chart, study, and assert presence in the Arctic Ocean and surrounding polar regions.
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HMS Beagle second survey expedition
The HMS Beagle second survey expedition was the 1831–1836 naval voyage around the world during which Charles Darwin made the observations that laid the groundwork for his theory of evolution by natural selection.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amundsen Gjøa expedition Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Ralph Plaisted expedition
The Ralph Plaisted expedition was a 1968 snowmobile journey that became widely recognized as the first confirmed over-ice surface expedition to reach the geographic North Pole.
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D.
Soviet Arctic expeditions
Soviet Arctic expeditions were a series of state-sponsored scientific and exploratory missions undertaken by the Soviet Union to chart, study, and assert presence in the Arctic Ocean and surrounding polar regions.
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E.
HMS Beagle second survey expedition
The HMS Beagle second survey expedition was the 1831–1836 naval voyage around the world during which Charles Darwin made the observations that laid the groundwork for his theory of evolution by natural selection.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: Amundsen Gjøa expedition Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Norwegian expedition of Roald Amundsen
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Roald Amundsen's Northwest Passage expedition
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Gjøa expedition
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Gjøa Expedition
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Gjøa expedition
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Roald Amundsen’s Gjøa expedition
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Roald Amundsen's ship Gjøa
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Gjøa expedition
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Gjøa expedition
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Gjøa expedition crew
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Gjøa expedition