Maud Arctic expedition

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Arctic expedition Norwegian expedition polar expedition

The Maud Arctic expedition was a Norwegian polar voyage led by Roald Amundsen in the early 20th century that aimed to drift across the Arctic Ocean aboard the ship Maud to advance scientific understanding of the polar regions.

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Surface form Occurrences
Maud Expedition 1
Maud expedition 1918–1925 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic expedition ⓘ
Norwegian expedition ⓘ
polar expedition ⓘ
aimedMethod long-term drift in sea ice ⓘ
baseOfOperations Arctic pack ice ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
crewNationality Norwegian ⓘ
departureCountry Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
departurePort Vardø NERFINISHED ⓘ
endYear 1925 ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
explorationArea Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beaufort Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chukchi Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northeast Passage NERFINISHED ⓘ
fundingSource Norwegian contributors ⓘ
private funding ⓘ
includedActivity astronomical observations ⓘ
ice drift observations ⓘ
magnetic measurements ⓘ
meteorological observations ⓘ
oceanographic measurements ⓘ
leader Roald Amundsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
leaderRole expedition commander ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Maud of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember Gennady Olonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup NERFINISHED ⓘ
Helmer Hanssen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oscar Wisting NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective to advance scientific understanding of the polar regions ⓘ
to drift across the Arctic Ocean ⓘ
precededBy Fram expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo history of Arctic exploration ⓘ
result collection of long-term Arctic scientific data ⓘ
improved knowledge of Arctic sea ice drift ⓘ
improved mapping of parts of the Arctic coast ⓘ
route from Norway along the Siberian coast into the Arctic Ocean ⓘ
scientificDiscipline astronomy ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
magnetism ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
shipDesigner Christian Jensen NERFINISHED ⓘ
shipOwner Roald Amundsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
shipType wooden polar ship ⓘ
startYear 1918 ⓘ
usedShip Maud NERFINISHED ⓘ
vessel Maud NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Oscar Wisting → notableWork → Maud Arctic expedition ⓘ
Oscar Wisting → participantIn → Maud Arctic expedition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maud expedition 1918–1925
Maud → participatedIn → Maud Arctic expedition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maud Expedition