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Amundsen

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Amundsen
Roald ('r%ald). 1872--1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)


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The names: (Leif) ERIKSSON, (Ib) BATUTA, [Vasco] DA GAMA, (Amerigo) VESPUCCI, (Ferdinand) MAGELLAN, (Sir Martin] FROBISHER, (Henry) HUDSON, (Sir Alexander) MACKENZIE, [William] CLARK, [Meriwether] LEWIS, (Robert) PEARY, (Roald) AMUNDSEN, (Richard E.
However, familiar names are here, such as Magellan, Columbus, Henry Hudson, Rene La Salle, Lewis and Clark, James Cook, Vitus Bering, Robert Peary, Ernest Shackleton, David Livingston, and Roald Amundsen.
It's where explorers such as Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton tested their polar equipment.
 
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