{"slug": "roald-amundsen", "label": "Roald Amundsen", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q926", "qid": "Q926", "description": "Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)", "entries": 9, "years": 7, "span": [1872, 1928], "span_label": ["1872 CE", "1928 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "south-pole", "label": "South Pole", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "north-pole", "label": "North Pole", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "oslo", "label": "Oslo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northwest-passage", "label": "Northwest Passage", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1872, "year_label": "1872 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 16", "text": "July 16 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer (d. 1928)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371307490#July–September", "title": "1872", "revid": 1371307490, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 26", "text": "August 26 – Near Point Barrow, Alaska, the crew of the Norwegian ship Gjoa, led by Roald Amundsen, make the breakthrough of finding the long-sought \"Northwest Passage\" from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#August", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – The Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, led by Roald Amundsen on the steamer Fram, departs from Christiania (modern-day Oslo). No announcement until later in the year of Amundsen's intention to reach the South Pole.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373495790#June", "title": "1910", "revid": 1373495790, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1911, "year_label": "1911 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – Amundsen and Scott expeditions: Roald Amundsen's Norwegian South Pole expedition arrives in the Antarctic and establishes a base camp at the Bay of Whales on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373497014#January", "title": "1911", "revid": 1373497014, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1911, "year_label": "1911 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – Amundsen and Scott expeditions: Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition reaches the geographical South Pole, 34 days ahead of Capt. Scott. News of Amundsen's success will not reach the outside world until next March.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373497014#December", "title": "1911", "revid": 1373497014, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1912, "year_label": "1912 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 – Roald Amundsen, in Hobart, Tasmania, announces his success in reaching the South Pole the previous December.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503730#March", "title": "1912", "revid": 1373503730, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1926, "year_label": "1926 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – Roald Amundsen and his crew fly over the North Pole, in the airship Norge.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503199#May", "title": "1926", "revid": 1373503199, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1928, "year_label": "1928 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – The airship Italia crashes at the North Pole; one of the occupants is Italian general Umberto Nobile. A rescue expedition leaves for the Pole on May 30. Roald Amundsen will be among those who lose their lives in the search for survivors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372527586#May", "title": "1928", "revid": 1372527586, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1928, "year_label": "1928 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer (aviation accident) (b. 1872)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372527586#June", "title": "1928", "revid": 1372527586, "section": "Deaths › June"}}]}