“If we were to find something, it would be really amazing... I feel really excited and the rest of the family are too.”
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Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
entertainment · Norwegian polar explorer (1872–1928) · explorer · writer · sailor · researcher · polar explorer · aircraft pilot · naval aviator · film director · geographer · also Roald Amundsen, R. Amundsen, Amundsen
Born 16 July 1872 · Died 18 June 1928 · Q926
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“found little use in activities that didn”
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“I read them with a fervid fascination which has shaped the whole course of my life”
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ovejeronoticias.cl: Viaje al corazón de la aventura polar: científicos chilenos suben a bordo del legendario barco de Amundsen.
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The Guardian: Roald Amundsen crosses the north pole in an airship – archive, 1926
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The New York Times: Roald Amundsen
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Travel Weekly: Hurtigruten goes big with Roald Amundsen expedition ship
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TravelPulse: World's First Hybrid Cruise Ship, Roald Amundsen Makes Electrifying Debut
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Travel Weekly: The beauty of batteries: Hurtigruten's Roald Amundsen
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Travel Agent: New Roald Amundsen by Hurtigruten to Be Named in Antarctica
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Travel News: MS Roald Amundsen takes to water for first time
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Y-DNA analysis, with the families' permission, showed that Ikuallaq was not a match to the direct male line of Amundsen
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Published “Saccharomyces Genome Database: the genomics resource of budding yeast” in Nucleic Acids Research — cited 1,681 times.
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Published “Noninvasive Myocardial Strain Measurement by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology — cited 1,054 times.
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And in late August 2009, the Royal Norwegian Navy used the unmanned submarine Hugin 1000 to search for the wreckage of Amundsen's plane
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Published “Atlantic salmon<i>Salmo salar</i>L., brown trout<i>Salmo trutta</i>L. and Arctic charr<i>Salvelinus alpinus</i>(L.): a review of aspects of their life histories” in Ecology of Freshwater Fish — cited 1,145 times.
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And features Sverre Anker Ousdal as Amundsen
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And opened in 1930, Amundsen High School opened its doors in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood
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Died 1928-06-18.
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Won Medalla Plus Ultra (1928).
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Amundsen and 15 other men (including Ellsworth, Riiser-Larsen, Oscar Wisting, and the Italian air crew led by aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile) made the first crossing of the Arctic in the airship Norge, designed by
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(just a few days before the Norge) are disputed by some, as being either of dubious accuracy or outright fraudulent
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Won Medal for Outstanding Civic Service (1925).
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Accompanied by Lincoln Ellsworth, pilot Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, flight mechanic Karl Feucht and two other team members (pilot Leif Dietrichson and mechanic Oskar Omdal), Amundsen took two Dornier Do J flying boats, the N-
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By Russian scientist Nikolay Urvantsev from where they had been abandoned on the shores of the Kara Sea
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To reach the North Pole by traversing the Northeast Passage on the ship Maud, Amundsen began planning for an aerial expedition instead
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An expedition Amundsen began with a new ship, Maud, lasted until 1925
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Won Vega Medal (1913).
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Awarded Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations (1913).
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Awarded Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (1912).
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Won Charles P. Daly Medal (1912).
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Won South Pole Medal (1912).
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Won Alexander von Humboldt Medal (1912).
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Amundsen began planning for a South Pole expedition
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That the Americans Frederick Cook and Robert Peary had claimed to reach the North Pole as a result of two different expeditions, he decided to reroute to Antarctica
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Won Hubbard Medal (1907).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph (1907).
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Awarded Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class (1907).
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Won Patron’s Medal (1907).
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And they remained close for many years; Amundsen kept the relationship a secret from everyone outside his intimate circle
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He met her in London in 1907 and they remained close for many years; Amundsen kept the relationship a secret from everyone outside his intimate circle.
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1906).
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Amundsen led the first expedition to traverse Canada's Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
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Won Constantin Medal.
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Won Medal of Merit in Gold with Crown.
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Won Livingstone Medal.
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Won Medal for Aeronautical Valour.
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Won Congressional Gold Medal.
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Won Polar Medal.
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Awarded Knight of the Order of Leopold.
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Won Medal of Merit.
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Career landmark: Participated in The Maud Expedition (1918–1925) (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in Amundsen's South Pole expedition (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in The Gjøa expedition (1903–1906) (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in Belgian Antarctic Expedition (tournament / event).
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Born 1872-07-16.
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