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    Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (UK: /ˈɑːmʊndsən/, US: /-məns-/; Norwegian: [ˈrùːɑɫ ˈɑ̂mʉnsən] ; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer...
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    MS Roald Amundsen is a new hybrid powered Hurtigruten expedition cruise ship. She was built by Kleven Yards of Norway and started her maiden voyage on...
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  • Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. Roald Amundsen may also refer to: Roald Amundsen (footballer) (1913–1985), Norwegian...
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    to reach the Geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Himself and four other crew members made it to the geographical south...
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    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...
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    States Antarctic Program (USAP). It is named in honor of Norwegian Roald Amundsen and Briton Robert F. Scott, who led separate teams that raced to become...
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    Roald Amundsen is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Roald Amundsen was...
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    Between December 1911 and January 1912, both Roald Amundsen (leading his South Pole expedition) and Robert Falcon Scott (leading the Terra Nova Expedition)...
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    south-west coast of King William Island. In 1903, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, looking for the Northwest Passage, sailed through the James Ross Strait...
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    Roald Amundsen (often abbreviated Roald; named in honor of Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen), originally named Vilm, is a German steel-ship built...
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  • Amundsen is a Norwegian film, released on 15 February 2019, that details the life of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It was directed by Espen Sandberg...
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    Roald Amundsen High School is a public 4–year high school located between the Ravenswood, Andersonville and Lincoln Square neighborhoods in Chicago, Illinois...
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    The Roald Amundsen Memorial by Sigvald Asbjørnsen is installed in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, in the U.S. state of California. It honours Norwegian...
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  • cartoonist Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (footballer) (1913–1985), Norwegian professional footballer Roald Åsmund Bye...
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  • Look up Amundsen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian polar explorer. Amundsen may also refer to: Amundsen (surname), people...
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    glacier was discovered in November 1911 by the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Consul Axel Heiberg, a Norwegian businessman and...
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    Named after the Norwegian explorer, the Roald Amundsen is a former Pullman Company private car; the last of seven Explorer-series cars built between 1927...
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    Helmer Hanssen (category Amundsen's South Pole expedition)
    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...
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    Rae explored a more southerly area in 1854 through which Norwegian Roald Amundsen found a route, making the first complete passage in 1903–1906. Until...
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    Oscar Wisting (category Amundsen's South Pole expedition)
    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...
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    across where it meets the Beaufort Sea. The Amundsen Gulf was explored by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen between 1903 and 1906. The gulf is at the western...
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    south magnetic pole, some distance away from the south geographic pole. Roald Amundsen, from Norway, was the first person to reach the South Pole, on 14 December...
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    geographic South Pole was first reached in 1911 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Antarctica is governed by about 30 countries, all of which are parties...
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    the Geographic South Pole were the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and his party on 14 December 1911. Amundsen named his camp Polheim and the entire plateau...
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  • Roald Amundsen (18 September 1913 – 29 March 1985) was a Norwegian football defender who was a member of the Norway team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Amundsen...
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    Nils Larsen named the body of water for the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen while exploring this area in February 1929. The sea is mostly ice-covered...
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    Hospital of North Norway (UNN) announced that four crew members aboard MS Roald Amundsen had tested positive for the virus. Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten...
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    of Antarctic Exploration. Among its members were Frederick Cook and Roald Amundsen, explorers who would later attempt the respective conquests of the North...
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    Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) was a Norwegian polar explorer who made a number of notable achievements during his lifetime, including leading the first expedition...
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    Fram (ship) (category Amundsen's South Pole expedition)
    Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912. It was designed and built by the Scottish-Norwegian...
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