In , Amundsen and his men made it to the North Pole. Two of them have been considered fraud. He disappeared in June while taking part in a rescue mission.
KidzSearch Safe Wikipedia for Kids. Jump to: navigation , search. Roald Amundsen. Hubbard Medal Charles P. Daly Medal Vega Medal I 6 — , Birth and baptism records , page Retrieved 25 July My Life as an Explorer. Living Adventures in Science.
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Necessary Necessary. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Continuing to the south of Victoria Island , the ship cleared the Arctic Archipelago on August 17 , , but had to stop for the winter before going on to Nome on the Alaska Territory 's Pacific coast. Nome was reached in Due to water as shallow as 3 feet 1 m , a larger ship could never have used the route.
On hearing in that first Frederick Cook and then Robert Peary claimed the Pole, he changed his plans. Amundsen told no one of his change of plans except his brother Leon and the officer on board Fram. He was incorrectly afraid that Nansen would rescind use of Fram if he learned of the change. And he probably didn't want to alert Robert Falcon Scott that he would have a competitor for the pole. Since the original plan called for going around the horn to the Bering Strait he waited until Fram reached Madeira to let his crew know of the change.
Every member agreed to continue. Leon made the news public on October 2. Amundsen set his base there and named it Framheim , literally, "Home of the Fram.
Amundsen would have to find his own path through the Trans-Antarctic Mountains. This gave him experience of Antarctic conditions and their equipment. During the winter at Framheim they kept busy improving the equipment, particularly the sleds.
Scott had the misfortune to find Amundsen's tent and his letter upon arrival. Amundsen's extensive experience, preparation, and use of the best sled dogs available paid off in the end. In contrast to the misfortunes of the Scott expedition, the Amundsen expedition proved rather smooth and uneventful. As neither expedition carried the very bulky wireless telegraphy equipment which would then have been the only way to communicate directly from the Pole, Amundsen's success was not publicly announced until 7 March
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