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.

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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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Example Sentences

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

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

“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

Famed explorer Roald Amundsen was perhaps the first to recognize the importance of ice rises.

From Science Magazine

This mechanism contributes substantially to the melting of ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea of West Antarctica.

From Science Daily