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Roald Amundsen died on June 18, 1928 at the age of 55.
Roald Amundsen was born on July 16, 1872 and died on June 18, 1928. Roald Amundsen would have been 55 years old at the time of death or 143 years old today.
Amundsen began exploring at the age of 21.
Roald Amundsen was born on July 16, 1872. Roald Amundsen was born in 1872, on July the 16th in Borage (near Oslo), Norway, his father was a Norwegian shipowner and he died when Roald was 21 years old.
Amundsen completed an expedition in 1906, and planned next to 'conquer' the North Pole. In 1909, he learned that the North Pole had already been 'conquered' by Cook and Peary. Amundsen decided to head for the South Pole, and learned Englishman Captain Scott was planning a similar expedition. Amundsen left for the South Pole on 1910 June 3. From these details you could surmise that it took him about four years to complete his plans for his trip to Antarctica.
Scott, Shackleton and Mawson used the old Naval tradition of manhauling their sledges, while Amundsen used dogs.
The first undisputed sighting of the Pole was on May 12, 1926 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his American sponsor Lincoln Ellsworth from the airship Norge.In the strictest sense of attaining a pole, this does not count, as he never set foot there. Although some people credit Amundsen with being the first man to reach both poles.
Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott both explored Antarctica at the same time in 1911. Amundsen was aware of Scott's objective, but Scott was not aware that Amundsen was right behind him. Roald Amundsen got there first on 14th of December, 1911. Amundsen reported that he saw no sign of Scott. Scott reached the South Pole on 17th of January, 1912, acknowledging in his diary that Amundsen had got there a month earlier. The last members of the Scott expedition was found dead by a relief party two years later in 1913.
Amundsen began exploring when he was 21 years old, and he died exploring. It was his life-long career to explore and witness wild and exotic polar locations on Earth. For example, in 1909 there was news that North Pole was already achieved, so Roald Amundsen was focused on leading the team to be the first humans to set foot at the South Pole.
Roald Dahl's father, Harald Dahl, died in 1920 when Roald Dahl was only three years old.
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