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Cool Antarctica reports that there were 20 souls in that expedition:
"Amundsen, Roald - expedition leader
Beck, Andreas - seaman and ice pilot
Bjaaland, Olav Olavson
Gjertsen, Lieutenant Fredrick - first mate.
Hansen, Ludvig - Seaman and ice pilot
Hanssen, Helmer
Hassel, Sverre
Johansen, Hjalmar
Kristensen - deck-hand and then 3rd engineer
Kutchin, Alexander Lindstrøm, Adolf Henrick - cook / carpenter
Nilsen, Lieutenant Thorvald - First-Lieutenant, second in command.
Nödtvedt, Jacob - 2nd engineer
Olsen, Karinius - cook / carpenter
Prestrude, Lieutenant Kristian - second officer.
Rønne, Martin - sail maker
Stubberud, Jorgen - carpenter
Sundbeck, Knut - Engineer
Wisting, Oskar"
Yes, Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole was supported by a crew of nineteen men, all personally chosen by either Amundsen or his mentor, Fridtjof Nansen, sailing on his ship Fram. Amundsen handpicked a party of five men to join him on his journey to the Pole. These men were Amundsen himself, Olav Bjaaland (a champion skier), Helmer Hanssen (an experienced dog-driver and navigator who Amundsen had worked with before), Sverre Hassel (an expert dog-driver and experienced navigator), and Oscar Wisting (an experienced explorer, seaman, skier, dog-driver, and navigator). All of Amundsen's companions were experienced in either skiing or dog-sledging, and all were capable navigators (so that they could verify that he had really reached the Pole, preventing controversy like that surrounding who had reached the North Pole first). Bjaaland was hired specifically as a 'frontrunner' for the dogs. He would ski in front of the party each day, and his scent and trail would make the dogs run faster and more enthusiastically.
Amundsen also travelled to the Pole with 52 dogs, though only 18 were not killed for food on the journey. These dogs, and the decision to kill most of the dogs to feed the others, was crucial for the rapid speed of Amundsen's journey to the Pole.
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Was roald Amundsen the first to successfully travel through the northwest passage?
Roald Amundsen in 1903-1906
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adventurous and like a movie
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Roald amundsen wanted to explore because he wanted to locate the south pole
When was Roald Amundsen born?
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.
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The cast of Roald Amundsen - Ellsworths flyveekspedition 1925 - 1925 includes: Roald Amundsen as himself Lincoln Ellsworth as himself
How did Roald Amundsen travel to the south pole?
ship
Was roald Amundsen the first to successfully travel through the northwest passage?
Roald Amundsen in 1903-1906
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Roald Amundsen
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Roald Amundsen's birth name is Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning.
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= Roald Amundsen =
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Roald Amundsen was Norwegian.
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Roald Amundsen and his team.
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Nobody! He hosted his own expidition! Everybody knows that!
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Roald Amundsen's parent are Jens Amundsen and Gustava Sahl Quist
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Roald Amundsen was born on July 16, 1872.
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adventurous and like a movie
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what animals did roald amundsen take with him to the south Pole
