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Roald Amundsen
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Is this really a Polar ship?" people asked; ... our paper-supply which was in all respects as fine and elegant as it could be: ...
— Sydpolen (The South Pole) (1912)
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
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Lived 1872–1928, aged 56Norway
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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.
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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 re…
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Everything is on a reduced scale here in the Polar regions; we can't afford to be extravagant.
— Concerning the Polar accommodations
Roald Amundsen
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Personally, I regard alcohol, used in moderation, as a medicine in the Polar regions. ... It is another matter on sledge journeys: there ... alcohol must be banished ...
— Sydpolen (The South Pole) (1912)
Roald Amundsen
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... the brilliant aurora australis. ... flush of daylight has moved to the north, ...
— Explaining why the Antarctic winter is not all dark
Roald Amundsen
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Oh, as usual," they shouted back; "no bottom." I mention this little incident just to show how one can grow accustomed to anything in this world.
— Upon finding yet another obscured and deadly abyss
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