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Roald Amundsen (1872 - 1928)

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Roald Amundsen 1872-1928 Antarctic explorer

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Today, a century ago, on December 14, 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team were the first people ever to reach the South Pole.

The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base, and later learned that Scott and his four companions had died on their return journey.
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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 - c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage. He disappeared in June 1928 while taking part in a rescue mission.
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