Roald Amundsen
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The South Pole
Roald Amundsen, geboren 1872 in der Nähe on Oslo/Norwegen, gehört zu den bekanntesten und bedeutendsten Polarforschern überhaupt. Seine Reisen in die Arktis und Antarktis brachten der Wissenschaft große Erkenntnisse, immerhin war er der erste, der die Nordwestpassage durchfuhr und sowohl den geografischen Nord- sowie auch Südpol erreichte. Die Erforschung der arktischen Teile der Welt gehörte in der damaligen Zeit zu den höchsten Zielen der Polarforscher, das Erreichen dieser Erdteile wurde unter ihnen wettkampfartig ausgetragen. Nachdem Robert Edwin Peary behauptete, als erster den Nordpol erreicht zu haben, entschloss sich Amundsen fast zeitgleich mit Robert Falcon Scott kurzerhand für die Expedition zum Südpol, welchen er auch vor seinem Konkurrenten am 14. Dezember 1911 erreichte. In diesem Buch sind alle Geschehnisse rund um die Expedition zum Südpol geschildert. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe.
Roald Amundsen
Author: Tor Bomann-Larsen
language: en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date: 2011-08-31
On 14 December 1911, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first human beings to reach the South Pole, just over a month before Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition. He had already led the first expedition to traverse the North West Passage, and would go on to lead the first successful attempt to cross the Arctic by air (perhaps even becoming the first to reach the North Pole, according to some interpretations). Yet his personal life was messy to say the least, with a string of mistresses, including Eskimo girls he brought back to Norway, and a poisonous relationship with his brother. He disappeared in 1928 while taking part in an airborne rescue mission in the Arctic; his body was never found. Tor Bomann-Larsen's account of his life is the only full biography of Amundsen to be published in English.
The Last Viking
The authoritative biography of the famous Norwegian polar explorer: "A fascinating account of a complex and driven man" ( Burnaby Now). The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries—the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole—remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes. Renowned for his determination and technical skills, both feared and beloved by his men, Amundsen is a legend of the heroic age of exploration, which shortly thereafter would be tamed by technology, commerce, and publicity. Feted in his lifetime as an international celebrity, pursued by women and creditors, he died in the Arctic on a rescue mission for an inept rival explorer. Stephen R. Bown has unearthed archival material to give Amundsen's life the grim immediacy of Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World, the exciting detail of The Endurance, and the suspense of a Jon Krakauer tale. The Last Viking is both a thrilling literary biography and a cracking good story.