Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (
Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən]; 16 July 1872 –
c. 18 June 1928) was a
Norwegian explorer of
polar regions. He led the first
Antarctic expedition to reach the
South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He was also the first person to reach both the
North and South Poles.
[1][2] He is known as the first to traverse the
Northwest Passage. He disappeared in June 1928 while taking part in a
rescue mission. Amundsen with
Douglas Mawson,
Robert Falcon Scott, and
Ernest Shackleton, was a key expedition leader during the
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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