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Amundsen

American  
[ah-muhnd-suhn, ah-moon-suhn] / ˈɑ mənd sən, ˈɑ mʊn sən /

noun

  1. Roald 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer: discovered the South Pole in 1911.


Amundsen British  
/ ˈaːmunsən /

noun

  1. Roald (ˈrɔald). 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)

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The first explorer to complete the Northwest Passage solely by ship was Norwegian seafarer Roald Amundsen, from 1903 to 1906, more than 400 years after the first recorded attempt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

After trekking hundreds of miles, the British party reached the pole in January 1912, but they found they had been beaten by a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025

“Prospective actors steer clear of Mark Measures. He is a con artist,” actor Kate Amundsen wrote in a comment posted last July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025

Finally, oxygen isotopes in the ice are a well-established temperature proxy and could provide the first 20th century temperature record for the Amundsen Sea region.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2024

The prize ultimately went to Amundsen on December 14, 1911, and Scott stumbled to the Pole just over than a month later, on January 17, 1912.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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