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Definition of Roald Amundsen
1. Noun. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roald Amundsen
Literary usage of Roald Amundsen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1908)
"But Peter Rushton Maverick was the popular New York engraver of bookplates, and
his Roald Amundsen \VP CRESSON The author of Persia, the Awakening East name ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"By Captain Roald Amundsen. To Sir John Franklin must be given the honour of having
discovered the North-West Passage, and to Admiral Sir Robert McClure that ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"... and the constant additions of new railways. EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH MAGNETIC
POLE.* By Captain Roald Amundsen. WE shall be eight men all told. ..."
4. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1915)
"... polar ex- Roald Amundsen plorer, had to fasten the parts together as strongly
as could be done. ..."
5. The Story of Polar Conquest: The Complete History of Arctic and Antarctic by Logan Marshall (1913)
"... Roald Amundsen, Intrepid Discoverer of the South Pole Roald Amundsen, who was
only in his fortieth year when he discovered the South Pole, has long been ..."
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