The arduous journey took three years to complete as ... At approximately 3pm on December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen raised the flag of Norway at the South Pole, and naming the spot Polheim ...

When Roald Amundsen set up his base camp in ... Amundsen and his men used the months preceding the polar journey to lay down depots of supplies and to subject every article of food, clothing ...

In 1905, during Roald Amundsen's first transit of the ... Interestingly, in 1919-20, Godfred Hansen made another journey on behalf of Amundsen. Amundsen hoped to succeed where Nansen's original ...

For one man to have conquered the Northwest Passage, the North Magnetic Pole, and the South Pole is almost beyond imagination, yet Roald Amundsen accomplished all three in less than 10 years in ...

Roald Amundsen's dream of reaching the North Pole haunts him throughout his life. He is obsessed with the idea of discovering the last unchartered lands of the world. While he wins the race ...

Roald Amundsen’s dream of reaching the North Pole haunts him throughout his life. He is obsessed with the idea of discovering the last unchartered lands of the world. While he wins the race ...

Beaten to the Pole by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, Scott died alongside the Polar party on the return journey across the ice. These skis were possibly sourced by ski expert Tryggve Gran ...