Roald Amundsen Northwest Passage Route

Roald amundsen northwest passage route. Join us as we sail far above the arctic circle into the heart of the northwest passage and out again an epic journey in the wake of amundsen and other great explorers. Roald amundsen north west passage expedition 1903 06 roald amundsen from norway is one of the world s most famous polar explorers. M ə n s. Roald amundsen and the northwest passage 1903 1906 duration.

Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship gjöa 1903 1907. He was the first person to sail through the north west passage the seaway across the arctic linking the atlantic and pacific oceans and the first man to reach the south pole. The eastern route along the arctic coasts of norway and siberia is accordingly called the northeast passage nep. Roald engelbregt gravning amundsen uk.

The northwest passage nwp is the sea route between the atlantic and pacific oceans through the arctic ocean along the northern coast of north america via waterways through the canadian arctic archipelago. The amundsen sloop that opened the northwest passage a small fishing sloop agile and solid the gjøa accompanied roald amundsen when the northwest passage route opened between 1903 and 1906. At godhaven west of greenland amundsen took on supplies and purchased a score of husky dogs see dogsledding the now heavily laden ship struggled in the frightful squalls of. 2004 04 07 le passage du nord ouest vers une nouvelle route maritime duration.

In the spring of 1854 making his the third of his overland expeditions it was john rae who discovered the fate of john franklin and his men and discovered there was an open. Amundsen s gjøa was the first vessel to transit the passage. The various islands of the archipelago are separated from one another. The northwest passage was a long sought sea route connecting the atlantic and pacific oceans across the top of the north american mainland.

ˈ ɑː m ʊ n d s ən us. Tone 16 july 1872 c. When amundsen and his little ship the gjøa set sail on 16 june 1903 towards the north sea he knew full well that he was embarking on an adventure that had ended in disappointment and disaster for so many before him. 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.

Rare books division amundsen is a name synonymous with polar exploration. History is full of attempts to sail this legendary route from the atlantic to the pacific cutting through the icy canadian arctic past colorful inuit villages. Roald amundsen s the north west passage.