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http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/roald-amundsen-5533.phpAmundsen was born in July, 1872 in Borge, Norway. His parents were Jens Amundsen and Hanna Svhalquist. His Family usually had members in the marine as captains or luitenants.
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Roald Amundsen is inspired to explore at an early by a famous explorer and quickly grew an interest in exploring and travelling at a young age.
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When Amundsen was 14 his father died whilst serving for the Marine.
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Amundsen was deeply inspired by Captain Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition in 1845 and explorer Fridtjof Nansen's crossing of Greenland in 1888. Following his heart, he joined the Belgian Antarctic Expedition led by Adrien de Gerlache in 1899, this became the first expedition to Antarctica in the winters.
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When Roald was 21 his mother died suddenly of natural causes.
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Amundsen led the second expedition to cross the Canadian north west passage to the Atlantic. it took Three years to cross as it was a treacherous trek and they had to spend two winters walking through harsh territories.
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In 1907, he received the Hubbard Medal by the National Geographic Society for being the first explorer to transit the Northwest Passage.
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Amundsen had decided to go onto another expedition to the north on his ship, the fram.
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Amundsen set out for the expedition and reached the polar plateau in Octobe, 1909.
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At the South Pole the explorers collected scientific data before embarking on the return journey. They began their return journey on 17 December and reached their base at the Bay of Whales on January 25, 1912.
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In 1926 he teamed up with 15 other men including Oscar Wisting, and an Italian air crew led by aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile to make the first crossing of the Arctic in an airship named Norge.
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Roald sadly died on an expedition after he fell overboard in the Barents sea.
