Roald Amundsen
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Roald Amundsen

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Roald Amundsen

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780750943444
eBook ISBN
9780752466828
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword by Pen Hadow
  5. Preface: Roald Amundsen Country
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Part One: The Dream of the North West Passage
  8. One: The Boy from the Sea
  9. Two: The Student of Polar Exploration
  10. Three: The Ice Chest
  11. Four: First Night in the Antarctic
  12. Five: The Two-pronged Plan
  13. Six: The Governor
  14. Seven: The Flag Triumphs
  15. Eight: A Big Man
  16. Part Two: The Gamble for the South Pole
  17. Nine: The Kingā€™s Ship
  18. Ten: Polar Bears as Draught Animals
  19. Eleven: Pulling the Wool over the Worldā€™s Eyes
  20. Twelve: The Coup
  21. Thirteen: A Business Trip
  22. Fourteen: The Capitalist
  23. Fifteen: A Heroic Deed
  24. Sixteen: The Dance round the South Pole
  25. Seventeen: Fridtjof Nansen has his Say
  26. Eighteen: History is being Written
  27. Part Three: Caught in the North East Passage
  28. Nineteen: The Road to London
  29. Twenty: The Goddess of Bliss
  30. Twenty-One: An Ultimatum
  31. Twenty-Two: The Big Promise
  32. Twenty-Three: A Polar Explorer Plays the Mandolin
  33. Twenty-Four: Black Animals
  34. Twenty-Five: The Royal Yacht
  35. Twenty-Six: In the Embrace of the Ice
  36. Twenty-Seven: Ring-billed Gulls
  37. Twenty-Eight: Kakonita Amundsen
  38. Part Four: In Pursuit of the North Pole
  39. Twenty-Nine: The Flying Dutchman
  40. Thirty: Engelbregt Gravning
  41. Thirty-One: A Beauty from Alaska
  42. Thirty-Two: Columbus of the Air
  43. Thirty-Three: A Criminal Optimist
  44. Thirty-Four: The Journey to DrĆøbak
  45. Thirty-Five: The Millionaireā€™s Son
  46. Thirty-Six: Beloved above All in the World
  47. Thirty-Seven: In the Kingdom of the Dead
  48. Thirty-Eight: The Resurrection
  49. Part Five: The Lost Continent
  50. Thirty-Nine: Thanks to Mussolini
  51. Forty: The Managing Director
  52. Forty-One: Norwegians in Rome
  53. Forty-Two: Nobileā€™s Dog
  54. Forty-Three: Nationalists at the Ramparts
  55. Forty-Four: Literary Suicide
  56. Forty-Five: Break with the World
  57. Part Six: Flight across the Polar Sea
  58. Forty-Six: Internal Exile
  59. Forty-Seven: Knight of the Ice
  60. Forty-Eight: The Bride Who Disappeared
  61. Forty-Nine: The Triumph of Defeat
  62. Fifty Two Minutesā€™ Silence
  63. Bibliography
  64. Copyright