Roald Amundsen
Autor de The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912
Sobre El Autor
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was born near Borge, Norway. Although he studied medicine, he abandoned that career to pursue a life at sea. In 1897 he went to the Antarctic with a Belgian expedition. The ship, Belgica, became the first vessel to spend a winter in Antarctica. From 1902 to 1906, mostrar más Amundsen explored the Northwest Passage, becoming the first person to navigate this waterway in both directions. In 1910 Amundsen set out hoping to be the first person to reach the North Pole. But when the news that the American Robert Peary had reached the pole, Amundsen shifted his attention to the South Pole. He became the first person to reach the South Pole, on in December 14, 1911, the month before Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen disappeared in the Arctic in 1928 while searching by plane for his airship Italia, which had been missing. Among the books that Amundsen wrote about his adventures, most notably is his autobiography, My Life as an Explorer (1927). (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Series
Obras de Roald Amundsen
The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912 (1912) 208 copias
The North West Passage: Being a record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Gyoa” 1903-1907 (1908) 32 copias
The South Pole (1); An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "fram," 1910-1912 (2009) 10 copias
Roald Amundsens opdagelsesreiser IV : Nordpolen : Den første flukt over polhavet : 1921-1926 6 copias
Mitt liv som polarforsker 6 copias
Roald Amundsens opdagelsesreiser III : Nordostpassasjen : Maudferden langs Asias kyst : 1918-1920 5 copias
Le Roman Des Pôles (Vers Le Pôle (Nansen), Au Pôle Sud / De L'Atlantique au Pacifique Par Les Glaces Arctiques… (2008) 4 copias
Diario de la expedicion reduccional del ano 1780, mandada practicar por orden del Virey de Buenos Aires (Spanish) (2010) 2 copias
Nordvestpassasjen - bind 2 2 copias
Sobre el Polo Norte en dirigible 1 copia
Az Északi Sark meghódítása 1 copia
Our Polar Flight 1 copia
Luoteisväylä kertomus Gjöan matkasta 1903-1907 ynnä luutnantti Godfred Hansenin kirjoittama liite 1 copia
Roald Amundsen's "the North West Passage": Being The Record Of A Voyage Of Exploration Of The Ship "gjöa" 1903-1907;… (2017) 1 copia
Roald Amundsen's "the North West Passage": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjoa" 1903-1907 (V.… (2009) 1 copia
Expedition to the South pole 1 copia
Človek objaviteľ 1 copia
Моя жизнь. Южный полюс 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic (2007) — Contribuidor — 125 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Amundsen, Roald
- Nombre legal
- Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1872-07-16
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1928-06-18
- Lugar de sepultura
- Disappeared in the Arctic, 1928
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Norway
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Borge, Norway
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Barents Sea
- Lugares de residencia
- Borge, Norway (birth)
- Educación
- University of Oslo
- Ocupaciones
- writer
discoverer - Relaciones
- Scott, Robert Falcon (rival)
- Premios y honores
- Congressional Gold Medal (1928)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 96
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 526
- Popularidad
- #47,290
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 117
- Idiomas
- 11
Amundsen was an extraordinarily prepared explorer. He and his crew, a total of 19, grew up in Norway and skied from a young age. Amundsen felt strongly that the best way to travel over polar terrain was by ski, with Eskimo-dog-drawn sledges carrying supplies. Although he was fund-raising to try for the North Pole, Peary and Cook both made claims before he was ready, so without telling his financial backers or crew, he secretly planned to try for the South Pole instead, knowing that Robert Scott was already planning such an expedition. Only after they were on their way did he let the crew in on his plans and telegraph Scott with the news. Scott was already southward-bound at the time, and Amundsen would have known it would be months before Scott received the telegram, long after he could alter his own plans. This sneakiness, in a world typically governed by gentlemanly behavior, has tarnished his superb accomplishment.
The account is interesting but not particularly gripping. Amundsen left out most problems that arose, especially his falling out with a young expedition member who had been foisted on him by a financial backer; he describes in glowing terms most aspects of their preparations, interpersonal relations, and run for the Pole. The trip was indeed a complete success: Pole realized, crew in good shape, and back early. The dispassionate descriptions of dogs and seals being slaughtered and used for food were pretty disagreeable - especially the crew's enjoyment of dog steaks. But it was a different time, of course.
An essential read for the Antarctic enthusiast, but I wouldn't read this one first. Better to start with some of the more emotionally involving accounts about Scott, Mawson, and Shackleton.… (más)