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An account of Amundsen's polar adventures, from the companion to the PBS series Alone on the Ice.
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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (IPA: [ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən]), (July 16, 1872 – c. June 18, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions.
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Roald Amundsen's "The North-West Passage": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjoa", 1903-1907: Volume 2 by Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (Paperback ...

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Introduction; First Transit of the Northwest Passage; First to Reach the South Pole; Later Expeditions; Writings on Exploration

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For most of his life Amundsen was a well-known lecturer and magazine writer. His books include North West Passage (1908), The South Pole (1912), The North East Passage (1918-1920), Our Polar Flight (with Lincoln Ellsworth, 1925), First Crossing of the Polar Sea (with Lincoln Ellsworth, 1927), and My Life as an Explorer (1927).

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