Roald Amundsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian polar researcher, who was the first to reach the South Pole

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1872

Place of Birth: Borge, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1928

Profession: writer, sailor, researcher, aircraft pilot, explorer, polar explorer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (UK: , US: ; 16 July 1872 – c.?18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions and a key figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
He led the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage by sea, from 1903 to 1906, and the first expedition to the South Pole in 1911.
He led the first expedition proven to have reached the North Pole in a dirigible in 1926.
He disappeared while taking part in a rescue mission for the airship Italia in 1928.