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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).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amundsen
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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