For one man to have conquered the Northwest Passage, the North Magnetic Pole, and the South Pole is almost beyond imagination, yet Roald Amundsen accomplished all three in less than 10 years in ...

MR. MURRAY has produced in a singular attractive form a remarkably clear and readable translation by Mr. Chater of Captain Roald Amundsen's account of his expedition to the Antarctic regions in ...

Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat overnight between Monday and Tuesday, 114 years after fellow Norwegian and polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928), polar explorer, was born in Borge, Norway. When he was 20 ...