Definition of 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).

Exact synonyms: Roald Amundsen
Generic synonyms: Adventurer, Explorer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amundsen

Amsonia tabernaemontana
Amsterdam
Amsterdam pound
Amsterdam pounds
Amsterdamer
Amsterdamers
Amto
Amtrak
Amu-Darya
Amu Dar'ya
Amu Darya
Amu River
Amudarya
Amundava
Amundsen
Amur
Amur River
Amur leopard
Amur privet
Amurdag
Amussat's valve
Amuzgo
Amy
Amy Lowell
Amy Lyon
Amyas
Amycolatopsis
Amygdalaceae

Literary usage of Amundsen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Putnam's Magazine (1910)
""The Fram, equipped for a seven- years' trip," said Captain amundsen, "will leave Norway during the first part of 1910. The route will be around Cape Horn ..."

2. Putnam's Magazine (1910)
"After Captain amundsen had finished his lecture, Professor Mohn, Professor Brogger and Dr. Frithjof Nansen spoke in turn, giving their views of his plan. ..."

3. 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 ..."

4. Trailmakers of the Northwest by Paul Leland Haworth (1921)
"CHAPTER XIV HOW amundsen MADE THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE ... amundsen felt that he must go with his hero, but his mother thought him too young and wisely bade ..."

5. America on the Ice: Antarctic Policy Issues by Frank G. Klotz (1998)
"In addition to these three year-round stations— McMurdo, Palmer, and amundsen-Scott—the US presence on the ice also includes several temporary stations. ..."

6. 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 ..."

7. Alaska, an Empire in the Making by John Jasper Underwood (1913)
"WHILE Roald amundsen cannot properly be classed among those whose ... amundsen, be it remembered, is the only explorer of the northern Polar regions, who, ..."

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