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Roald Amundsen

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

16 dated entries naming Roald Amundsen, drawn from 8 separate years between 1872 CE and 1928 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1872July 16 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer (died 1928)source

20th century

  • 1905August 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.source
  • 1905August 26 – Roald Amundsen begins the first to travel through the Northwest Passagesource
  • 19064 September - The Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen completed a three-year voyage through the Northwest Passage in the converted herring boat Gjøa, after being trapped in ice for three winters.source
  • 1910June 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.source
  • 1911January 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.source
  • 1911October 20 – Amundsen and Scott expeditions: Amundsen's expedition sets out for the South Pole from his base camp.source
  • 1911December 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.source
  • 191114 December – Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition becomes the first to reach the South Pole.source
  • 1912March 7 – Roald Amundsen, in Hobart, Tasmania, announces his success in reaching the South Pole the previous December.source
  • 19127 March – Roald Amundsen announced his success in reaching the South Polesource
  • 1926May 11–14 – Roald Amundsen makes the first airship flight over the North Pole. The Norge leaves Spitsbergen and arrives in Teller, Alaska three days later.source
  • 1926May 12 – Roald Amundsen and his crew fly over the North Pole, in the airship Norge.source
  • 1928May 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.source
  • 1928June – Roald Amundsen, polar explorer, led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole (born 1872)source
  • 1928June 18 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer (aviation accident) (born 1872)source

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