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Roald Amundsen (5,096 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Roald Amundsen. Wikiquote has quotations related to Roald Amundsen. Works by Roald Amundsen at Biodiversity Heritage Library Works by Roald Amundsen at

Maud (ship) (866 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Maud, named for Queen Maud of Norway, was a ship built for Roald Amundsen for his second expedition to the Arctic. Designed for his intended voyage through

MS Fram (193 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hurtigruten Group. The ship is named after the original Fram, the ship used by explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen. The ship operates in the Arctic

MS Fridtjof Nansen (421 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was officially ordered on 30 June 2016, together with her sister ship Roald Amundsen, at Kleven Verft. Fridtjof Nansen should originally have been delivered

Fram (crater) (228 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

vessel the Fram, a ship used by many famous Norwegian explorers such as Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen. Geography of Mars

Gjøa (1,494 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. With a crew of six, Roald Amundsen traversed the passage in a three-year journey, finishing in 1906. The

Fram Museum (399 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

polar explorers in particular – Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen. The museum also exhibits images of the fauna of the polar regions,

HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311) (144 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Roald Amundsen is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Roald Amundsen was

Polar exploration (525 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ooqueah. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had planned to reach the North Pole by means of an extended drift in an icebound ship. He obtained the use of Fridtjof

Oscar Wisting (670 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1936) was a Norwegian Naval officer and polar explorer. Together with Roald Amundsen he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. Oscar

The Red Tent (film) (1,270 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

survivors of the crash of the airship Italia. It features Sean Connery as Roald Amundsen and Peter Finch as Nobile. The script was adapted by Yuri Nagibin and

Adolf Lindstrøm (446 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sverdrup's Fram expedition from 1898 to 1902. Later he traveled with Roald Amundsen during his navigation of the Northwest Passage in the Gjøa from 1903

King William Island (1,348 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

south-west coast of King William Island. In 1903, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, looking for the Northwest Passage, sailed through the James Ross Strait

Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1,898 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of Antarctic Exploration. Among its members were Frederick Cook and Roald Amundsen, explorers who would later attempt the respective conquests of the North

Fram (ship) (1,001 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912. It was designed and built by the Scottish-Norwegian

Helmer Hanssen (546 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

explorer. He participated in three of the polar expeditions led by Roald Amundsen and was one of the first five explorers to reach the South Pole. Helmer

Henry Larsen (explorer) (1,015 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

small island, Herføl, south of Fredrikstad in Norway. Like his hero, Roald Amundsen, he became a seaman. Larsen immigrated to Canada, and became a British

Carsten Borchgrevink (5,109 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

travel. He inspired Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and others associated with the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate (1,382 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Base. Roald Amundsen. Helge Ingstad Thor Heyerdahl Otto Sverdrup moored at South Quay in London, December 2017 Aegis Combat System List of naval ship classes

Fram Islands (147 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and named by them for the Norwegian polar ship Fram, used by Fridtjof Nansen in the Arctic and Roald Amundsen in the Antarctic. List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic

Northwest Passage Territorial Park (387 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

exploration of the Northwest Passage and the first successful passage by Roald Amundsen in the Gjøa. The park begins at the Nattilik Heritage Centre in Gjoa

Danmark (ship, 1855) (599 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Magdalena and sailed as a seal catcher until 1906. The later polar explorer Roald Amundsen sailed on Magdalena in 1884 on a seal hunt into the West Ice. From the

Keenan Land (173 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

numerous unsuccessful attempts were made (by Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Roald Amundsen, among others) to relocate Keenan Land. Hubert Wilkins flew over the

Amundsen's South Pole expedition (10,138 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to reach the Geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four other crew members made it to the geographical south pole

Bygdøy (674 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and maritime history Fram Museum (Frammuseet) – site of the ship Fram used by Roald Amundsen The name is from Norse times (Bygðey). The first element is

Arnaldo Faustini (313 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

numerous articles. Among the polar explorers Faustini knew personally were Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton, Robert F. Scott, and Adrien de Gerlache, of the

Deep Space 2 (2,101 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

were named "Scott" and "Amundsen", in honor of Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen, the first explorers to reach the Earth's South Pole. Intended to be

RX II (784 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Northeast Passage, and the first Norwegian boat to do so since Roald Amundsen in 1916–1919. The crew returned to Nome the next summer and left on

Norge Storage Site (188 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

overflew the North Pole on May 11, 1926. Commanded by the explorer Roald Amundsen and its Italian maker, Umberto Nobile, the airship flew from Spitsbergen

Med Maud over Polhavet (315 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

faced on the ice. By this time, the Maud expedition's former leader Roald Amundsen had left, and was engaged in his aerial expeditions to the North Pole

Norge (airship) (1,458 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

expedition was the brainchild of polar explorer and expedition leader Roald Amundsen, the airship's designer and pilot Umberto Nobile and the wealthy American

Fram (play) (1,017 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

issues. It is named after Fram, the ship built for Nansen for his Arctic journey, and subsequently used by Roald Amundsen to reach the South Pole. Fram received

Northwest Passage (13,515 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1848–1854 by ships looking for Franklin's lost expedition. The first crossing was made by Roald Amundsen in 1903–1906. He used a small ship and hugged the

Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen (1,148 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Norway who went with fellow Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on his 1918 Arctic expedition aboard ship Maud. Peter Tessem was a carpenter and Paul Knutsen

Tall ship (1,267 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mercator Mir Morgenster Peacemaker Picton Castle Pogoria Rah Naward Roald Amundsen Royal Albatross Royal Clipper N.R.P. Sagres STS Sedov Shabab Oman Simón

Carl E. Paulsen (654 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Stoltenberg in Stoltenberg Park (Stoltenberg-parken), 1926 Roald Amundsen-monumentet (Roald Amundsen Monument), 1933 Bust of the shipping magnate Wilhelm Wilhelmsen

Sverre Hassel (415 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

northernmost point on Amund Ringnes Island, which he circumnavigated in 1900 Roald Amundsen wrote about the expedition in Sydpolen published in two volumes in 1912–1913

Jørgen Stubberud (417 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Svartskog in Oppegård, in Akershus county, Norway. He first met with Roald Amundsen at the latter's home in Svartskog in 1909, when he was employed as a

Nilsen Plateau (2,368 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

by the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Captain Thorvald Nilsen, commander of the ship Fram. The Nilsen Plateau lies to

COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships (29,146 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

cruise ship after the resumption of cruise operations was also aboard a Hurtigruten ship, with 36 people that were aboard Hurtigruten's Roald Amundsen testing

Andreas Beck (explorer) (1,145 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

his book Gjennem Isbaksen. Atten År med Roald Amundsen (Through the Ice-Packs. Eighteen Years with Roald Amundsen): "Beck was a giant of a figure and, as

Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions (6,532 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Between December 1911 and January 1912, both Roald Amundsen (leading his South Pole expedition) and Robert Falcon Scott (leading the Terra Nova Expedition)

Tom Crean (explorer) (4,620 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Nova Expedition. This saw the race to reach the South Pole lost to Roald Amundsen and ended in the deaths of Scott and his party. During the expedition

Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration (4,296 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

184–95; Vol II, pp. 120–134 Huntford (Last Place on Earth), pp. 446–74 "Roald Amundsen". Norwegian Embassy (UK). Archived from the original on 22 April 2008

Igloo (1,549 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

retrieved 2019-07-05 Roald Amundsen (1908). "Chapter 8". The North West Passage, being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gyöa" 1903-1907

Brig (2,378 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

2008-06-17. "Tall Ships Youth Trust". 26 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Stielau, Alexander. "Mitsegeln auf der Roald Amundsen : Homepage"

Southern Cross Expedition (4,073 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

dramas which surrounded these and other Heroic Age explorers. However, Roald Amundsen, conqueror of the South Pole in 1911, acknowledged that Borchgrevink's

Japanese Antarctic Expedition (5,655 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

concurrent with two major Antarctic endeavours led respectively by Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott, and has been relatively overlooked in polar

History of research ships (3,891 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Nansen was returning from the ice of the Arctic Ocean, his countryman Roald Amundsen set off to the Antarctic. Aboard the Belgica Amundsen accompanied the

Fredriksholm Fortress (698 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

order again in 1808, and was then closed down for good in 1874. When Roald Amundsen set out on the expedition to the South Pole in 1910, Flekkerøy harbor

List of active Royal Norwegian Navy ships (345 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In Norwegian, Royal Norwegian Navy vessels have since 1946 been given the ship prefix "KNM", short for Kongelig Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy). In

List of geological features on Mercury (182 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

associated with Mercury; escarpments are called rupes and are named after the ships of famous explorers; long, narrow depressions are called fossae and are

Farthest North (1,083 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

at the time, overland expeditions to the North Pole came to an end. Roald Amundsen of Norway redirected his planned Arctic expedition and instead aimed

Pourquoi-Pas (1908) (623 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

of the large French seaplane Latham 47 with the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on board, which had itself been looking for the Italian general Umberto

William Edward Parry (2,678 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

quest for the Northwest Passage, until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen in 1906. In 1827, Parry attempted one of the earliest expeditions to

List of ship launches in 2018 (1,026 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

navire d'Hurtigruten". 15 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018. "ROALD AMUNDSEN". 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018. 速報！コンテナ船「ONE MINATO」進水！記事をクリップする

Maud (357 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

replenishment ship of the Royal Norwegian Navy, currently being fitted out Maud, a ship used from 1918 to 1925 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in exploring

Hurtigruten AS (823 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Spitsbergen". global.hurtigruten.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020. "MS Roald Amundsen". global.hurtigruten.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020. "MS Fridtjof

Franklin's lost expedition (13,770 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ocean. The Northwest Passage was not navigated by boat until 1906, when Roald Amundsen traversed the passage on the Gjøa. In 2014, a search team led by Parks

J. Howard Whitehouse (868 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

preservation of the Fram, the ship which carried Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen to the Arctic and later Roald Amundsen to the Antarctic. He also

CCGS Amundsen (1,863 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

explorer Roald Amundsen, on 26 August 2003. Amundsen's sponsor was Lily Schreyer, the sponsor of Franklin when the vessel first entered service. The ship remained

German tanker Spessart (288 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Wilhelmshaven on 20 January 2016 HMS St Albans, Spessart and HNoMS Roald Amundsen replenishing on 26 January 2017 Spessart underway on 18 February 2019

Douglas Mawson (3,813 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition

HNoMS Heimdal (1892) (1,893 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

aimed at the North Pole.[citation needed] In 1925 Norwegian explorers Roald Amundsen and Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen and American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth mounted

Alta-class minesweeper (312 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Alta class is a ship class of minesweepers operated by the Royal Norwegian Navy. An almost identical class of minehunters is known as the Oksøy class

List of ship launches in 2005 (244 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The list of ship launches in 2005 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2005. "M/S Hammerodde". Retrieved 2016-03-21. "DNV GL: Monte Rosa"

1903 in Norway (856 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

June – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway. 10 August – The Oseberg ship, a well-preserved

Terra Nova Expedition (9,137 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

pole on 17 January 1912, where they found that a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had preceded them by 34 days. Scott's party of five died on the return

Umberto Nobile (3,210 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

effort. Privately owned ships which had been chartered by polar scientists and explorers also participated. Even Roald Amundsen put aside his past differences

Schooner (1,368 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Norwegian polar schooner Fram was used by both Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen in their explorations of the poles. Bluenose was both a successful fishing

Man-lifting kite (1,763 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Battalion of the Royal Engineers, forerunner of the Royal Air Force. Roald Amundsen, the polar explorer, commissioned tests on a man-lifting kite to see

Norwegian Maritime Museum (398 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Maritime Museum. The ship was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage in the 1903–06 Arctic expedition of Roald Amundsen. In 2009, the Norwegian

1872 (3,110 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

12 – Emil Hácha, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1945) July 16 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer (d. 1928) July 23 – Edward Adrian Wilson,

Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben (1,882 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

were made to reach the North Pole by air from Ny-Ålesund. In May 1925, Roald Amundsen used Ny-Ålesund as a base for two flying boats, but the expedition failed

History of Antarctica (11,853 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to attain this goal; a party led by Norwegian Polar explorer Roald Amundsen from the ship Fram and Robert Falcon Scott's British group from the Terra Nova

Gjoa Haven (1,874 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Harbour"; it was named by early 20th-century polar explorer Roald Amundsen after his ship Gjøa. This was derived from the old Norse name Gyða, a compressed

June 1903 (1,017 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Johan Henrik Deuntzer, won 73 of the 114 seats. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen set off from Oslo in an attempt at the first east-west navigation of

HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310) (448 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Launched on 5 April 2006, she is the lead ship of the Fridtjof Nansen class of warships. On 26 February 2009, the Norwegian

Italia (airship) (5,471 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

coasts. An international rescue effort followed. Word also reached Roald Amundsen in Oslo, whom immediately began to organize a search; American Lincoln

List of Arctic expeditions (4,647 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

led by Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth 1926: Aircraft flight by Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett 1926: The airship Norge (Roald Amundsen, Umberto

British Polar Engines (495 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

time Roald Amundsen in the Fram was conquering the South Pole, and it is from that successful expedition that the engine derives its name. Other ships that

1872 in Norway (378 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sten Abel, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1942) 16 July – Roald Amundsen, polar explorer, led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South

Frogner (1,260 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Viking ship Museum, Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Museum of Cultural History), the Maritime Museum, the Kon-Tiki Museum, and the ship Fram, used by Roald Amundsen

HNoMS Otto Sverdrup (F312) (128 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Almeida. Both ships were part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 at the time. Wikimedia Commons has media related to F312 Otto Sverdrup (ship, 2006). "Fregatt

Queen Maud Gulf (180 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson. It was named by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in 1905 for the Norwegian queen Maud of Wales. The wreck of HMS Erebus

Arctic exploration (4,006 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

completely conquered by sea until 1906, when the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, who had sailed just in time to escape creditors seeking to stop the

Bay of Whales (401 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

this location. During his quest for the South Pole, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen established a temporary base, which he named Framheim, at the Bay of

Major explorations after the Age of Discovery (4,640 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

reach the South Pole. Many resulted in injury and death. The Norwegian Roald Amundsen finally reached the Pole in December 1911, following a dramatic race

Frederick Cook (3,112 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

keep the crew supplied with fresh meat. One of the crew members was Roald Amundsen, who credited Cook with his survival in his diary of the expedition

History of Norway (9,820 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

From the 1880s to the 1920s, Norwegians such as Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen carried out important polar expeditions. Shipping and hydroelectricity

Oksøy-class mine hunter (218 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ed. (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004-2005. London: Jane's Information Group. p. 517. ISBN 0710626231. "Scrapyard Ships". shipspotting.com. Retrieved

Iceport (450 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

expeditions, including: 1910-1912: Amundsen's South Pole expedition, led by Roald Amundsen 1928-1930: Richard Evelyn Byrd - First expedition 1933-1935: Richard

Nimrod Expedition (6,842 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

received from the exploring community, including Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, the response of the RGS was more guarded. Its former president, Sir

North Pole (7,666 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the area in 1926 with 16 men on board, including expedition leader Roald Amundsen. Three prior expeditions – led by Frederick Cook (1908, land), Robert

Farthest South (6,123 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

that his effort would be contested. However, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, who had been developing plans for a North Pole expedition, changed

Kapitan Khlebnikov (636 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antarctic, reaching 78° 40.871' south and equalling the record set by Roald Amundsen in the Fram in 1911. A polar-class icebreaker, combining power and technology

List of firsts at the Geographic North Pole (1,610 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(confirmed): On May 12, three days after the Byrd flight, Norwegian Roald Amundsen, his American sponsor Lincoln Ellsworth and the Italian aeronautic engineer

June 1910 (3,178 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antarctic exploring ship Pourquoi-Pas returned to a hero's welcome in France, during the same week Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen were beginning their

Medicine chest (195 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A medicine chest is a container or cabinet for storing medicine. All ships governed by the regulations of the International Maritime Organization must

1911 in science (1,148 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Peru, and introduces it to the world. December 14 – Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and a team of four become the first people to reach the South Pole.

1926 in Norway (926 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Events in the year 1926 in Norway. Monarch – Haakon VII. May 11–14 – Roald Amundsen makes the first airship flight over the North Pole. The Norge leaves

January 1911 (4,466 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

blowing winds that dogged the group throughout its journey. Unlike Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott, Mawson sought to explore the Antarctic continent

South Pole (3,257 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the movement of the ice. The sign records the respective dates that Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott reached the Pole, followed by a short quotation

Vollen, Asker (879 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Arctic expedition ship Maud was built here and launched into Oslofjord. The ship was designed and built especially for Roald Amundsen and sailed through

Orne Harbor (164 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

stations Telecommunications Time Tourism Transport Women Famous explorers Roald Amundsen Richard E. Byrd Douglas Mawson Ui-te-Rangiora James Clark Ross Robert

German frigate Hessen (816 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

arrived at Naval Station Norfolk. She and the Norwegian frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen took part in Composite Training Unit Exercises with the aircraft carrier

Ula-class submarine (1,143 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

HNoMS Uredd (P-41). The ship prefix for RNoN vessels is KNM (Kongelig Norsk Marine, Royal Norwegian Navy), in English HNoMS (His Norwegian Majesty's Ship). Viking-class

January 1912 (7,786 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of Norway that had been planted by the Norwegian Expedition led by Roald Amundsen. "The Pole," Scott wrote in his journal; "Yes, but under very different

Homewood, Norway (376 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Three of Norwegian polar exploration, together with Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen. In 1937 the property was bought by Bjarne Walle. In 1962 he bequeathed

Jackie Ronne (639 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

flight to the South Pole in 1971 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Roald Amundsen first reaching the South Pole, and a 1995 trip back to her former base

Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (1,135 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

force based on Operation Matchmaker, an annual six-month exercise involving ships from NATO navies. The proposed contingency force was approved by NATO in

Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base (406 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

formally named for Pieter J. Lenie (captain of the American Antarctic research ship RV Hero) in 1985. Originally established for the long-term study of Pygoscelis

MS The World (1,081 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The ship, carrying 481 passengers and crew, for 26 days and 4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km) at sea, followed in the path of Captain Roald Amundsen, the

Skjold-class corvette (809 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the first preproduction version was ordered on 30 August 1996. The first ship of its class, P960, was launched on 22 September 1998 and commissioned 17

Louise Arner Boyd (1,700 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

women. In 1926, she chartered the supply ship Hobby, which had been used by famous arctic explorer Roald Amundsen for a hunting and filming trip to the Arctic

Dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (7,582 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and their numbers were supplemented by 21 dogs donated to Mawson by Roald Amundsen on his return from the South Pole. Eleven of Amundsen's dogs were shot

Controversies surrounding Robert Falcon Scott (2,212 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

However, Roland Huntford's 1979 joint biography of Scott and his rival Roald Amundsen presented a contrasting view of Scott, not as hero but as bungler. The

Georges Lecointe (explorer) (2,015 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

always be remembered as one of the main supports of this expedition. — Roald Amundsen, The South Pole Emile Danco, a mutual friend of Lecointe and expedition

RV Belgica (1884) (1,525 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Lecointe as captain of Belgica. Other members of the expedition included Roald Amundsen, Henryk Arctowski, Antoni Dobrowolski and Emil Racoviţă. The overloaded

Somerset Island (Nunavut) (839 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

two ships at Port Leopold on the northeast coast to winter. In April the following year, he launched an exploration of the island by sledge. Roald Amundsen

Ernest Shackleton (11,760 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Irishman". Shackleton's fellow polar explorers expressed their admiration; Roald Amundsen wrote, in a letter to RGS Secretary John Scott Keltie, that "the English

Østfold (1,223 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bronze Age (depicted in several rock carvings found in the county). Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) - Explorer of polar regions Berit Ås - Politician, professor

Ui-te-Rangiora (906 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

apparently very old and high up in the grass, probably the remains of the ship of the unfortunate De la Perouse.' Smith, Stephenson Percy (1899). "Part

Richard Collinson (946 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

officers and bad luck. Roald Amundsen praised him for navigating a large ship through waters that were difficult for Amundsen's small ship, Gjøa. Collinson's

Asker (2,159 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

expedition ship Maud was built in nearby Vollen and launched into Oslofjord. The ship was designed and built especially for Roald Amundsen and sailed

List of Antarctic exploration ships from the Heroic Age, 1897–1922 (1,251 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

This list includes all the main Antarctic exploration ships that were employed in the seventeen expeditions that took place in the era between 1897 and

Adrien de Gerlache (1,038 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Norwegian-built whaling ship Patria, which he extensively refitted and renamed Belgica. With a multinational crew including Roald Amundsen, Frederick Cook, Antoni

Royal Norwegian Navy (2,944 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Fridtjof Nansen (F310) Launched June 3, 2004. Commissioned April 5, 2006. Roald Amundsen (F311) Launched May 25, 2005. Commissioned May 21, 2007. Otto Sverdrup

Otto Sverdrup (1,356 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

sailors. The day before Sverdrup's return of his order, fellow explorer Roald Amundsen had also returned his German awards. Hegge, Per Egil. "Otto Sverdrup"

SM UC-6 (795 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

UC-6. Mines laid by UC-6 in her 89 patrols were credited with sinking 55 ships. A German Type UC I submarine, UC-6 had a displacement of 168 tonnes (165

Eivind Astrup (1,635 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

second expedition he became very sick after eating stale pemmican. Roald Amundsen noted in his diary that Frederick Cook had told him that Astrup could

Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica (269 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

as ‘Amundsen's cairn', on Mount Betty, Queen Maud Range erected by Roald Amundsen on 6 January 1912, on his way back to Framheim from the South Pole.

Odd Isaachsen Willoch (1,268 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. By 1940 he had reached the rank of Captain (kommandørkaptein) and commanded the coastal defence ship HNoMS Eidsvold. On

Emil Racoviță (1,566 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

team were of various nationalities. The first mate of the vessel was Roald Amundsen – who was to conquer the South Pole in 1911. Apart from Racoviță, the

Wallsend (2,071 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

rescued the Umberto Nobile expedition on Spitzbergen in 1928, when Roald Amundsen perished. The story is retold in the movie The Red Tent, starring Sean

Overseas Filipinos during the COVID-19 pandemic (2,578 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

cases, and three deaths. At least 32 Filipino crew members of the MS Roald Amundsen which was docked in Tromsø, Norway tested positive for COVID-19. In

Ross expedition (1,999 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

CXXIV) The red alga Nitophyllum smithi In 1912, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen wrote of the Ross expedition that "Few people of the present day are

The Explorers Club (3,061 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

membership in 1912) & Matthew Henson First to the South Pole (1911) – Roald Amundsen, honorary membership in 1912 First to the summit of Mt. Everest (1953)

Gennady Olonkin (304 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

telegraph and radio operator as well as mechanic on the polar ship Maud, led by Roald Amundsen. In 1926, Olonkin took part in the first part of the Amundsen-Ellsworth

1912 in science (1,737 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

journey, just eleven miles from a polar base (March 16–29). March 7 – Roald Amundsen announces in Hobart that his expedition reached the South Pole on last

COVID-19 pandemic in Norway (3,317 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

coronavirus on the MS Roald Amundsen ship infected at least five passengers and thirty-six crew. Health authorities fear the ship could have infected dozens

Antarctica (14,952 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

On 14 December 1911, an expedition led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen from the ship Fram became the first to reach the geographic South Pole, using

Antarctica (14,952 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

On 14 December 1911, an expedition led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen from the ship Fram became the first to reach the geographic South Pole, using

Richard E. Byrd (8,588 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

from Spitsbergen (Svalbard) to Alaska nonstop with a crew including Roald Amundsen, Umberto Nobile, Oscar Wisting, and Lincoln Ellsworth. In 1927, Byrd

No. 333 Squadron RNoAF (674 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

= Two of the P-3Bs were modified to P-3N standard (Fritjof Nansen, Roald Amundsen, Gunnar Isachsen, Otto Sverdrup, Hjalmar Riiser Larsen, Bernt Balchen

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1,366 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

air—on 3 January 1958. Hillary's party was just the third—preceded by Roald Amundsen in 1911 and Robert Falcon Scott in 1912—to reach the Pole overland.

Scott of the Antarctic (film) (3,173 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

to find the Norwegian flag already planted there and a letter from Roald Amundsen asking Scott to deliver it to the King of Norway. Hugely disappointed

Hurtigruten (2,627 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

style similar to the expedition vessels MS Roald Amundsen and MS Fridtjof Nansen.[citation needed] The ships will be fitted with filters and LNG compatible

Mighty Ships (679 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mighty Ships is a documentary television program produced by Exploration Production Inc. in Canada and aired on Discovery Channel Canada and also broadcast

Kainan Maru (Antarctic expedition ship) (1,557 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

objective – it would soon be joined by the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen – so the Japanese venture would need to leave as early as possible to

List of explorers (295 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) was an explorer of the polar regions. He led the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911, and eventually also

La Gorce Mountains (2,238 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

an attempt to reconcile Byrd's discoveries with the names applied by Roald Amundsen in 1911-12. Amundsen had named a mountain in the general vicinity for

SMS Regensburg (2,884 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

which had crashed on the polar ice northeast of Svalbard. In addition, Roald Amundsen, who had also joined the search effort, went missing himself. Strassbourg

Sled (1,288 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

example by Captain Scott. Dog sleds were used by most others, such as Roald Amundsen. In the Philippines, a traditional carabao-drawn sled is known as the

Research on Inuit clothing (4,484 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

including clothing, obtained beginning in 1850. Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen acquired numerous Inuit artifacts, including clothing, during his voyage

Jørgine Boomer (1,061 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Benny Goodman, Douglas Fairbanks, and Kirsten Flagstad; explorers Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen, Trygve Lie as well as members of the Norwegian

November 1911 (5,081 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

on their quest to become the first persons to reach the South Pole. Roald Amundsen of Norway had begun his trek to the Pole on October 19 and was already

Vostok Station (2,548 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

magnetometry. Vostok (Russian for 'east') was named after Vostok, the lead ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition captained by Fabian von Bellingshausen

List of Royal Norwegian Navy ships (3,295 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

present. Ships from the years 1509 to 1814 might be listed under Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. Fridtjof Nansen class Fridtjof Nansen (F310) Roald Amundsen (F311)

Endurance (1912 ship) (7,011 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Roald Amundsen. There was one major difference between the ships. Fram was bowl-bottomed, which meant that if the ice closed in against her, the ship

Monika Puskeppeleit (1,840 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

season 2019 /2020 she went back to Antarctica on board the Norwegian MS ROALD AMUNDSEN (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurtigruten) and joined the journey as

Bernt Balchen (3,668 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Amundsen-Ellsworth Relief Expedition, a rescue mission for the missing explorer Roald Amundsen under the command of Flight Lieutenant Lützow-Holm. The expedition consisting

Thomas Griffith Taylor (1,919 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in a race to get there before a rival expedition led by Norwegian Roald Amundsen. They reached the Pole in January 1912, only to find a tent left there

Nobu Shirase (2,399 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

quickly, as other expeditions, notably those of Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen, were in the field. Neither the Japanese government nor the learned

1925 serum run to Nome (5,787 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

headline coverage across the country and support from Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, the plans were rejected by experienced pilots, the Navy, and Governor

Dornier Do J Wal (2,916 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

little more than the general configuration. The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen accompanied by Lincoln Ellsworth, pilot Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, and three

Genzō Wakayama (892 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Live Twice (1978 TBS and 2006 DVD editions) (James Bond) The Red Tent (Roald Amundsen) The Anderson Tapes (John "Duke" Anderson) Diamonds Are Forever (1980

List of public art in Tasmania (763 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 2024-01-16. "Roald Amundsen | Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 2024-01-16

Vilhjalmur Stefansson (3,798 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

frequently quoted as saying that "An adventure is a sign of incompetence..." Roald Amundsen stated he was "the greatest humbug alive" referring to his mismanagement

Harold June (1,849 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to Byrd and his men, because they flew close to the pathway used by Roald Amundsen in his successful ground-level expedition to the South Pole in late

List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea (5,905 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

27105. PMC 5421565. PMID 28490834. "From the archive, 21 June 1928: Roald Amundsen lost in the Arctic". The Guardian. 21 June 2013. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved

Ross Sea party (4,842 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

lives in France or Flanders." After the conquest of the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in December 1911, Shackleton, who had sought this achievement himself

November 1910 (4,184 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

by Robert Falcon Scott, departed from New Zealand on the Terra Nova. Roald Amundsen, on board the Fram was also en route to the Antarctic continent and

Colin Archer (3,849 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

mainland of Antarctica. Information from this expedition was later used by Roald Amundsen for his expedition to the South Pole. In 1898 the Italian prince and

September 1925 (2,923 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

feint landing near Cape Tres Forcas. It was announced that explorer Roald Amundsen had signed a deal with the Italian government to use the dirigible N-1

City of New York (1885 ship) (3,924 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

ready for his polar expedition. She was bought solely on the advice of Roald Amundsen. She would make an unscheduled stop before tackling the North Atlantic

Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains) (2,774 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

December 1911 by the South Pole Party of the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen. Named by the US-ACAN for Henrik Mohn, Norwegian meteorologist and author

Nansen's Fram expedition (7,984 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

poured in from all over the world. One applicant was the 20-year-old Roald Amundsen, future conqueror of the South Pole, whose mother stopped him from going

Maritime timeline (3,000 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

turbine-powered ship, is launched. 1895: The Kiel Canal opens. 1903: The Vandal, the world's first diesel-electric ship, is launched. 1906 Roald Amundsen conquers

Pac-Kit First Aid Kits (1,806 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with him to the North Pole. Several years later, the Norwegian Captain Roald Amundsen and the Englishman Captain Robert Scott raced to become the first to

List of shipwrecks in 1947 (2,103 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

shipwrecks in 1947 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1947. Lists of shipwrecks "Danish Ship Mined in Gulf of Finland".

August 1928 (2,400 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to Set Up Throne". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 30, 1928. p. 11. "Roald Amundsen (1872–1928)". Antarctic Connection. Archived from the original on April

Henryk Arctowski (872 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

expedition to spend the winter in the Antarctic. Shipmates included Roald Amundsen and Frederick A. Cook. He coordinated the scientific work and performed

Fairway Rock (2,038 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

within the accounts of John Muir's voyage aboard the Corwin in 1881 and Roald Amundsen aboard the Gjøa in 1906. What is considered the last offensive action

Georg von Neumayer (1,368 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

expedition. In 1890 he co-authored the first cloud atlas. Polar explorer Roald Amundsen came to study under Neumayer in 1900. In the same year, Neumayer was

Felix König (1,964 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Osterreich. His plans were supported by Filchner and, among others, Roald Amundsen and Otto Nordenskjöld. König also obtained the blessing of the Austrian

Fridtjof Nansen (11,897 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

exploration, the decisive step being his release of Fram to fellow Norwegian Roald Amundsen, who was planning a North Pole expedition. When Amundsen made his controversial

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (8,384 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cardiff in July 1910, and on the concurrent Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen. The news of Amundsen's conquest of the South Pole reached Shackleton

HNoMS Helge Ingstad (F313) (4,837 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

vessel was ordered on 23 June 2000 and constructed by Navantia in Spain. The ship was launched on 23 November 2007 and commissioned on 29 November 2009. Named

Pole to Pole with Michael Palin (1,819 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

across the Barents Sea on a supply ship to the Norwegian port city of Tromsø, where he visits a statue of Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South

Cambridge Bay (5,220 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

purchased the historic ship Maud, which they renamed the Baymaud, from the creditors of Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen. The ship sailed to the Arctic

Pole to Pole with Michael Palin (1,819 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

across the Barents Sea on a supply ship to the Norwegian port city of Tromsø, where he visits a statue of Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South

William Speirs Bruce (5,811 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

met there with fellow-explorers, including Nansen, Shackleton, and Roald Amundsen. His main task was masterminding the preparation of the SNAE scientific

John Rae (explorer) (3,992 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

link in the Northwest Passage as followed in the following century by Roald Amundsen, although Arctic historian William Barr has disputed that claim, citing

Australasian Antarctic Expedition (7,908 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

party to Cape Adare came when he discovered that his main polar rival, Roald Amundsen, had established his base camp at the Bay of Whales, close to King Edward

June 16 (5,210 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a year later. 1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated. 1903 – Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the

1985 Polar Sea controversy (2,200 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the passage was navigated entirely on water by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. However, construction of the Panama Canal had already begun at that

Maud of Wales (1,988 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in Nunavut, Canada, are named after Maud. The ship Maud, designed to the specifications of Roald Amundsen for service in the Arctic Ocean and launched

Edward Wilson (explorer) (2,535 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

18 January 1912, only to find the pole had been claimed by Norwegian Roald Amundsen and his team just five weeks earlier. Their return journey soon became

Robert Falcon Scott (7,907 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

mild rebuke. During the research for his dual biography of Scott and Roald Amundsen, polar historian Roland Huntford investigated a possible scandal in

List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899) (17,791 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

collected by Mr. John MacGillivray, the naturalist attached to H. M. surveying ship Rattlesnake, and lately sent home by Capt. Denham, the commander of the expedition"

Queen Maud Land (4,632 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of the 20th century. The Antarctic Plateau was claimed for Norway by Roald Amundsen as the King Haakon VII Plateau when his expedition was the first to

1928 in aviation (4,438 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

June 18 – A Latham 47 flying boat carrying Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen and five others on a flight to search for survivors of the Italian airship

August 1910 (3,580 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

claims for free trade on the border between the two empires. Explorer Roald Amundsen departed Norway on what was announced as his third expedition to the

June 18 (5,273 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Constantinovna of Russia, Queen consort of the Hellenes (b. 1851) 1928 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872) 1936 – Maxim Gorky, Russian

List of Antarctic expeditions (6,284 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

supported by Jan Sverre Sivertsen, skies the longest part of the original Roald Amundsen route from Bay of Whales to the South Pole.[citation needed] 2018 –

Togo (dog) (2,726 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

of Nome, and where on December 30, Togo was awarded a gold medal by Roald Amundsen. In New England, they competed in several dog sled races against local

Research stations in Antarctica (2,355 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

its attempt to explore the eastern end of the ice shelf discovered Roald Amundsen already ashore preparing for his assault on the South Pole. In 1903

Jack Bursey (2,238 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

pressure of shifting ice. Roald Amundsen, as a young man, had sailed on her during one of her first voyages. Byrd's other ship was the Eleanor Bolling,

September 1911 (5,244 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

his Antarctic camp at Framheim rose to -7.6 °F, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, seven men and 86 dogs began the journey toward the South Pole. Four

October 1911 (4,986 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to as the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales At 9:30 in the morning, Roald Amundsen set off for the South Pole along with four other members of the Norwegian

Operation Deep Freeze (2,904 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Briton Robert Falcon Scott did more than 40 years before. Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten Scott in his race to the Pole. Amundsen's party survived

May 1928 (2,976 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1928. p. 1. Brown, Stephen R. (2012). The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen. Douglas & McIntyre. p. xi-xii. ISBN 978-0-306-82067-0. "Shoals Bill

List of longest wooden ships (1,720 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

world's longest wooden ships. The vessels are sorted by ship length including bowsprit, if known. Finding the world's longest wooden ship is not straightforward

Second German Antarctic Expedition (6,040 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

authority. The expedition was thus afflicted from the start by what Roald Amundsen would later describe as a fateful weakness, that of a divided command

Frank Worsley (9,341 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

continent. The failure of Robert Falcon Scott to beat the Norwegian Roald Amundsen to the South Pole in 1911 was considered a blot on Britain's reputation

January 14 (5,640 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

University of the West Indies. p. 96. OCLC 32006175. Flaherty, Leo (1992). Roald Amundsen and the Quest for the South Pole. New York: Chelsea House Publishers

1910 (6,506 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

without stopping. June 3 – The Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, led by Roald Amundsen on the steamer Fram, departs from Christiania (modern-day Oslo) without

April 1912 (8,005 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

British hopes that Robert Falcon Scott had reached the South Pole before Roald Amundsen of Norway were ended when the Terra Nova arrived in New Zealand without

Spitsbergen (5,270 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Otto Martin Torell, Alfred Gabriel Nathorst, Roald Amundsen and Ernest Shackleton. Between 1913 and 1920, Spitsbergen was a neutral

List of Norwegians (737 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), polar explorer, first to reach the South Pole and the first seaman to traverse the Northwest Passage Bernt Balchen (1899–1973)

History of Greenland (9,317 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

repeated expeditions in the area, though none were successful until Roald Amundsen in 1906 and even that success involved his being iced in for two years

Royal Canadian Geographical Society (3,122 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

exhibitions – Explore by Chris Cran and Lessons From the Arctic: How Roald Amundsen Won the Race to the South Pole. In May 2019, the prime minister of Canada

Timeline of maritime migration and exploration (1,194 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

"Austronesian Shipping in the Indian Ocean: From Outrigger Boats to Trading Ships". In Campbell, Gwyn (ed.). Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian

1912 (6,636 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet. March 7 – Roald Amundsen, in Hobart, Tasmania, announces his success in reaching the South Pole

Robert Peary (7,475 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

needed] The conflicting and unverified claims of Cook and Peary prompted Roald Amundsen to take extensive precautions in navigation during Amundsen's South

March 1912 (7,349 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

government. The Norwegian Antarctic Expedition came to an end as Roald Amundsen and the ship Fram sailed into Hobart at the Australian state of Tasmania,

History of Tasmania (8,489 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1912: Mount Lyell fire traps miners underground, 42 die 1912: Norwegian Roald Amundsen, first man to reach South Pole, arrives in Hobart on return from Antarctic

September 1909 (3,971 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

reach the South Pole in 1913, only to find that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had gotten there a few weeks earlier. Demoralized and down to rations

Coppermine expedition (5,814 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

discovered. The story of the Coppermine Expedition served as an influence on Roald Amundsen, who eventually became the first man to navigate the entire Northwest

Grimstad (2,593 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

activist Sverre Hassel (1876–1928), a polar explorer who accompanied Roald Amundsen to the South Pole Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen (1886–1953), an American

1905 (9,684 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

26 – Near Point Barrow, Alaska, the crew of the Norwegian ship Gjoa, led by Roald Amundsen, make the breakthrough of finding the long-sought "Northwest

Lawrence Oates (3,833 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

finally reached the Pole—only to discover a tent that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his four-man team had left behind at their Polheim camp, after beating

Snowshoe (4,995 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

climbing. In Northwest North America in the early twentieth century, Roald Amundsen compared the solid-wood Norwegian skis he used with the local snowshoes

Ny-Ålesund (3,710 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

North Pole by air from Ny-Ålesund. One involved flying boats led by Roald Amundsen.: 102 Floyd Bennett and Richard E. Byrd made an attempt. Amundsen and

June 1922 (7,650 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Florida and supporter of African-American rights Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen set out from Seattle toward Nome, Alaska on the schooner Maud, on an

Clements Markham (7,728 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

However, Markham did not altogether avoid controversy. In 1912, when Roald Amundsen, conqueror of the South Pole, was invited by RGS president Leonard Darwin

Prince Olav Mountains (3,094 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ross Ice Shelf. The Prince Olav Mountains were discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen on the way to the South Pole, and named by him for the then Crown Prince

Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2020 (12,854 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

MS Roald Amundsen. The new restrictions will not apply to scheduled domestic and international ferry companies. Operator of the MS Roald Amundsen Hurtigruten

Sled dog (6,618 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to breed freely and many had to be shot because there was no room on the ship to take them home. Many that were not shot were left behind on the Kerguelen

Armorial of Norway (6,257 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Radar South His Norwegian Majesty's Yacht HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen HNoMS Roald Amundsen HNoMS Otto Sverdrup HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl HNoMS Skjold HNoMS Storm HNoMS

Joseph Foster Stackhouse (3,448 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pole in January 1912, five weeks after the Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen. Scott and four comrades had perished on their return journey from the

1911 (7,248 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

stationed in San Francisco harbor, the first time an aircraft has landed on a ship. January 26 – The United States and Canada announce the successful negotiation

List of airship accidents (889 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

survivor dies from exposure; 8 rescued, 6 rescuers lost, including Roald Amundsen. 8 31 August 1928 Soviet Moscow Rubber Chemist [ru] (Russian: Московский

History of Ny-Ålesund (5,809 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

were made to reach the North Pole by air from Ny-Ålesund. In May 1925, Roald Amundsen used Ny-Ålesund as a base for two flying boats, but the expedition failed

Gold Medal (RGS) (309 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Francisco Moreno For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes Roald Amundsen For his daring voyage for the purposes of research in the region of

List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients (1,305 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

by flying solo non-stop from New York to Paris. Lincoln Ellsworth, Roald Amundsen, and Umberto Nobile May 29, 1928 45 Stat. 2026–2027 In recognition of

Transatlantic flight (10,485 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

North Pole ever was the airship carrying Norwegian explorer and pilot Roald Amundsen on 11 May 1926. He flew with the airship "NORGE" ("Norway") piloted

Oslo (13,350 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and antarctic expeditions, including the wooden ship Fram used by Fritjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen during their expeditions. The National Museum holds

Timeline of European exploration (10,891 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the dry valleys of the Antarctic. 1903–06 – Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen leads the first expedition to traverse the entire Northwest Passage

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin operational history (6,521 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Zeppelin 20 years earlier, but was put on hold during World War I. Roald Amundsen had taken a Dornier Wal flying boat to the Arctic in July 1925, and

Sea (18,796 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Challenger voyages (1872–1876), the work of the Scandinavian seamen Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen, the Michael Sars expedition in 1910, the German

1926 (9,191 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tactical School, collide in mid-air at Langley Field, Virginia. May 12 Roald Amundsen and his crew fly over the North Pole, in the airship Norge. UK General

Lewis Pugh (3,869 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

complete. Jørgen Amundsen, the great-grandnephew of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, paced Pugh by skiing alongside him during the swim. The swim coincided

Tryggve Gran (5,993 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Veslekari as part of a concerted effort to search for the polar explorer Roald Amundsen, lost flying while trying to discover the fate of Umberto Nobile's North

Jens Stoltenberg (11,607 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

cross-country skier. In December 2011, in order to mark 100 years since Roald Amundsen reached the south pole on skis, Stoltenberg journeyed to Antarctica

List of missing aircraft (3,742 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

This group was searching for survivors of the missing airship Italia. Roald Amundsen and René Guilbaud were among the missing attempted rescuers. September

November 1924 (8,461 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

admiral; in Barrington, Rhode Island (d. 2008) In New York City, explorers Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth announced plans for a joint polar flight expedition

Proposed Anglo-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1915–20 (3,078 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903 in scientific context. Fifth annual Roald Amundsen Memorial Lectures. University of Gothenburg. Francioni, Francesco; Scovazzi

Helen and Frank Schreider (4,229 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

includes Robert E. Peary & Matthew Henson (first to the North Pole, 1909), Roald Amundsen (first to the South Pole, 1927), Sir Edmund Hillary (first to the summit

Flag of Italy (19,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

by the Norge airship during the expedition led by Umberto Nobile and Roald Amundsen; the tricolours then greeted Italo Balbo in his oceanic seaplane crossings

Meanings of minor-planet names: 1001–2000 (420 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

fool's parsley herb, genus Aethusa DMP · 1064 1065 Amundsenia 1926 PD Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), polar explorer DMP · 1065 1066 Lobelia 1926 RA The Indian

History of Hobart (14,311 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

September 1905. A telephone exchange was added in 1907. On 7 March 1912, Roald Amundsen telegraphed from the Hobart GPO that he had successfully reached the

List of northernmost items (10,269 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

2010-08-03. Nearby, at the polar research community of Ny-Alesund... cruise ship passengers scuttling ashore to mail cards from the world's most northerly

Inuit culture (13,378 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Delta. In that same year, the Norwegian Roald Amundsen started to transit the famous Northwest Passage with his ship Gjøa on a more southerly course than

Timeline of the 20th century (14,807 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

December 12: New Delhi becomes the capital of British India. December 14: Roald Amundsen first reaches the South Pole. Ernest Rutherford identifies the atomic

List of eponyms (A–K) (11,064 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

of electric current, Ampère's law, amp Amun, Egyptian god – ammonia Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer – Amundsen Sea; Amundsen crater, a crater on the

August Heinrich Petermann (11,979 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Northwest Passage indeed proved to be challenging. Only in 1904 did Roald Amundsen achieve its navigation. As to the Northeast Passage, Nordenskiöld's

North to the Pole (6,076 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Geographic was founded in 1888". Steger follows the important explorers Roald Amundsen, Amelia Earhart, Admiral Robert Peary and Jacques- Yves Cousteau in

Haakon VII (7,430 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

plateau surrounding the South Pole was named King Haakon VII Vidde by Roald Amundsen when he in 1911 became the first human to reach the South Pole. See

List of 2010s films based on actual events (28,328 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Norwegian biographical film that details the life of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen An Officer and a Spy (French: J'Accuse) (2019) – French historical drama