Statue of Roald Amundsen (1872-1928),Norwegian explorer,in Ny-Alesund,Svalbard,an Arctic archipelago governed by Norway. Amundsen was a renowned Arctic explorer,but is best known as the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911. Amundsen was in the first expedition to fly over the North Pole (1926),with the Italian explorer Umberto Nobile in the airship Norge (see inscription). Ny-Alesund was the departure point for Norge for the North Pole. In 1928,Amundsen disappeared at sea after flying in search of a later airship of Nobile's that had crashed returning from the Pole | |
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