Some polar explorers have one major “first” to their name. With Roald Amundsen, it’s hard to choose just one. The Norwegian titan of ice went everywhere from ...

Roald Amundsen was known as "The Last Viking." The Norwegian explorer was the first person to reach the South Pole when his team did so on Dec. 14, 1911. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Roald Amundsen ...

It is the material of a romantic, suspense-filled story of the sort which the newspaper readers of the world would love. It ...

It’s a drizzly and grey day here in Wrangell. But that didn’t stop this year's first cruise ship explorers from stepping off ...

Roald Amundsen and his 4-man team reached the South Pole, with the help of polar dogs, on 14 December 1911. The expedition, and particularly the dog-sled journey to the Pole, is described as daring ...

HAD Ibsen lived to write the Saga of Roald Amundsen, he might have analysed the emotions which surged through the explorer's soul in a tempest of ambition, triumph, and tragedy. The dramatic ...

was jointly named in honour of Amundsen and his rival. British novelist Roald Dahl was named after Amundsen, as was Nobel Prize laureate Roald Hoffmann. The 1969 film The Red Tent tells the story ...