# Roald Amundsen

> He beat Scott to the South Pole, navigated the Northwest Passage, flew over the North Pole, and vanished in the Arctic trying to save someone else's crew. Amundsen turned polar exploration into a string of firsts - then disappeared into the ice himself.

*Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872-1928)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/roald-amundsen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1872-07-16
- **Died:** 1928-06-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in Borge, Østfold in 1872, Amundsen cut his teeth as first mate on a Belgian Antarctic expedition in 1897-1899. Between 1903 and 1906 he led the first successful traverse of the Northwest Passage aboard the sloop Gjøa. He began planning a South Pole run in 1909, sailed from Norway in June 1910 on the Fram, and reached Antarctica by January 1911. His five-man party planted the flag at the South Pole on 14 December 1911. A 1918 attempt to reach the North Pole by ship failed, so he went airborne: on 12 May 1926, he and fifteen others flew the airship Norge over the top, the first verified reach. Two years later, in June 1928, he took off on a rescue mission for the downed airship Italia and never came back. The search ended that September; the ice kept him.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 85.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 33.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025468/ (@nm0025468)

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #Literature, #Television, #Norway, #Europe, #19th Century

## Timeline
- **1928** - Died
- **1928** - Medalla Plus Ultra
- **1913** - Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
- **1913** - Vega Medal
- **1912** - Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
- **1912** - Alexander von Humboldt Medal
- **1907** - Hubbard Medal
- **1907** - Grand Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph
- **1906** - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
- **1872** - Born

## Sources
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- [罗阿尔·阿蒙森](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BD%97%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E8%92%99%E6%A3%AE)
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- [Руал Амундсен](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD)
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