Roald Amundsen - Torp, Norway
N 59° 15.845 E 011° 04.806
32V E 618577 N 6571308
Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was born in this house in Torp. In front of the house is a statue of Roald Amundsen
Waymark Code: WM15PG9
Location: Viken, Norway
Date Posted: 02/04/2022
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Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was born in this house in Torp. The house is now converted into a museum.
In front of the museum is this bust of Roald Amundsen. The bust is made of granite and is placed on two granite columns. Granite in different gray / brown colors has been used in the two meter high monument. The bust has the lightest color. There is no name or text on the statue
There is no information about the artist.
Roald Amundsen made extensive measurements of the magnetic north pole. He became the first man at the South Pole in 1911 and is also the first for whom he succeeds in sailing through the Northwest Passage.
Amundsen disappears on June 18, 1928, while on a plane he participates in a rescue mission after his comrade Umberto Nobile. Only a few wreckage of his plane was found in the area by the island of Bjørnøya. By the way, Umberto Nobile later shows up safe and sound. The date 18, June 1928 is presumed to be his day of death.
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