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 The centennial anniversary of Roald Amundsen’s arrival at the South Pole was commemorated Dec. 14, 2011. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon was in attendance at the festivities in the city of Tromsø, known as the gateway to the Arctic Ocean. Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen were prominent public figures who contributed to building [...]  OSLO (AP) — Norway plans to resume the search for South Pole conqueror Roald Amundsen’s plane 81 years after it vanished during an Arctic rescue mission, the Royal Norwegian Navy announced Monday (Feb. 23). Amundsen disappeared aboard the French Latham 47 flying boat in the Barents Sea on June 18, 1928. The plane was searching [...]  TROLL RESEARCH STATION, Antarctica (AP) — A parka-clad band of environment ministers landed in this remote corner of the icy continent on Monday, in the final days of an intense season of climate research, to learn more about how a melting Antarctica may endanger the planet. Representatives from more than a dozen nations, including [...]  Source: www.amundsenomega3southpolerace.com In the steps of Roald Amundsen, Team Missing Link has won the historic Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race arriving at the South Pole at approximately 7pm on Wednesday 21st January, having covered 769km’s in 17 days and 11 hours – a quite incredible achievement. Rune Malterud (27) and Stian Aker (28) [...] |
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