How Roald Amundsen Became The First Man To Reach The South Pole. In the summer of 1910, Roald Amundsen set out on what he said was an expedition to the North Pole with his ship Fram.

Roald Amundsen was born in Borge, Norway, in July 1872 and raised in nearby Oslo. He spent his teen years living with his mother; his father died when Amundsen was 14 years old, ...

Roald Amundsen was born on July 16, 1872, in Borge, Norway, to Jens Amundsen and Hannah Salqvist. The Amundsens had a successful shipping business, but Hannah insisted her fourth son become a ...

NASA satellites looked down on huge cracks forming in sea ice in Canada's far north. What is it? The Amundsen Gulf is named ...

NASA’s Terra satellite captured a breathtaking image of the Amundsen Gulf, where the seasonal breakup of sea ice is taking ...

The Port of Nanaimo announced the first cruise ship disembarkation on British Columbia’s coast outside of Vancouver, with the ...

Captain Roald Amundsen, South Pole discoverer, who was frustrated by airplane defects in his attempt to fly across the North Pole from Alaska last Summer (TIME, June 18, 25), will try again next ...

Roald Amundsen was born on July 16, 1872, in Borge, Norway, to Jens Amundsen and Hannah Salqvist. The Amundsens had a successful shipping business, but Hannah insisted her fourth son become a ...