Roald Amundsen

Da **Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen** (* 16. Juli 1872 z Borge, heit Fredrikstad, Norwegen; † vamuatli 18. Juni 1928 in da Arktis in da Nachn vo da Beaninsl) wor a norwegischa Polarfoascha.

Ea wor da easchde Mensch am Sidpoi und meglichaweis aa da easchde am Noadpoi (es hod Foascha gem, de gmoant hom, se worn friaa do; se homs oba nia ned beleng kina). Ea hod aa ois easchda de Noadwestpassage entdeckt.

Anno 1928 is da Amundsen bei am Rettungsflug fian italienischen Polarfoascha Umberto Nobile ums Lem kema. Des Wrack vo seim Flugzeig is nia ned gfundn worn, desweng woass ma aa ned so genau, wann a gstoam is.

## Schriftn vom Amundsen

* *Nordvestpassagen*, 2-vols, 1907. Translated as *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150113004847/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7316/ The North-West Passage: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship "Gjøa" 1903–1907],* 1908.
* *Sydpolen*, 2-vols, 1912. Translated as *The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910–1912,* translated by A. G. Chater, 1912.
* *Nordostpassagen. Maudfærden langs Asiens kyst 1918–1920*. H. U. Sverdrups ophold blandt tsjuktsjerne. Godfred Hansens depotekspedition 1919–1920. Gyldendal, Kristiania 1921.
* *Gjennem luften til 88° Nord* (by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth and other members of the expedition, 1925). Translated as *Our Polar Flight: The Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Flight*, 1925; also as *My Polar Flight*, 1925.
* *Den første flukt over polhavet*, with Lincoln Ellsworth and others, 1926. Translated as *The First Flight Across the Polar Sea*, 1927; also as *The First Crossing of the Polar Sea*, 1927.
* *Mitt liv som polarforsker*, 1927. Translated as *My Life as an Explorer*, 1927.

## Literatua

* Calic, Edouard: *Kapitän Amundsen*; Hinstorff, Rostock 1961
* Weil, Ursula und Otto: *Roald Amundsen*; Brockhaus, Leipzig 1973
* Meissner, Hans-Otto: *Mein Leben für die weiße Wildnis. Die Expeditionen des Roald Amundsen*; Cotta, Stuttgart 1971; Neuauflage: Klett, Stuttgart 1982; ISBN 3-12-920043-6
* Fischer, Heinrich: *Amundsen am Südpol*; Bayerischer Rundfunk, München 1989
* Brennecke, Detlef: *Roald Amundsen*; Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-50518-5
* Huntford, Roland: *Scott & Amundsen*; Heyne, München 2000, ISBN 3-453-17790-8
* Langner, Rainer-K.: *Duell im ewigen Eis*; Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-596-14908-8
* Bomann-Larsen, Tor: *Amundsen. Bezwinger beider Pole*; Mare, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 3-86648-068-7
* Laufmann, Peter: *Scott und Amundsen. Der tödliche Wettlauf zum Pol*; Frederking & Thaler, München 2011 ISBN 978-3-89405-905-7
* Jostmann, Christian: *Das Eis und der Tod: Scott, Amundsen und das Drama am Südpol*; C. H. Beck Verlag, Minga 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-62094-2
* Lüdecke, Cornelia: *Amundsen. Ein biografisches Porträt*; Herder, Freiburg im Br. 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-06224-7

## Im Netz

* The Fram Museum (Frammuseet)
* Arctic Passage at Public Broadcasting Service Nova features information about Amundsen
* Roald Amundsen article at south-pole.com
* Short biography from Norwegian Foreign Ministry
* DIO vol.10 2000 Amundsen's unparalleled record of polar firsts, including evidence that he was 1st to each geographical pole.
* Roald Amundsen At Find A Grave

**Schriftn vom Amundsen**:

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* Works by Roald Amundsen at Internet Archive and Google Books (scanned books original versions color illustrated)
* ''The South Pole'' Arthur G. Chater's 1912 translation (HTML)