| Show SKETCH OF CAPT AMUNDSEN arctic exploration has ha been the dream of his life since early manhood goald amundsen now about 40 years old has proved himself one of the moat competent explorers besides reaching the south pole he Is the first and only man to accomplish the long lone attempted feat of taking a ship from the atlantic to the pacific by the northwest passage ile he hag made at a point within a snort dla din 4 11 41 gg t CAPTAIN K R r SCOTT CAPTAIN ROALO ROALD AMUNDSEN Cour courtesy temy herald republican tance of the magnetic pole the only set pet of complete polar lolar magnetic observations ions ever taken amundsen was born at Sarp norway and in his childhood moved with ills his parents to ills hla parents dds destined tined him for medicine for ono one year he ha was 9 medical student but bui at his mothers death when he was 19 years old ho he gave up the I 1 intended career and went to sea for a number of years he cruised in the north as a whaler and sealer on norwegian vessels amundsen had hla his first taste of exploration when in 1897 he be went as first officer with the belgica on gerlach lachs s belgian polar expedition prom from what he learned of the work and adventure of exploring on this trip and from the second norwegian polar ox ex p datlow boulon of 1898 he be became fil ledwith a arctic rc tic ambitions of his own ile he formed th the project not of attaining the geographic pole sought by so BO many but of trying the long neglected northwest passage arid and approaching and studying while on ills his way the little known magnetic pole it took amundsen several years to prepare himself tor for his trip for two years he stud studied ledi first in hamburg under authority on magnetism in berlin under schmidt and finally at under borgen bergen in the meteorological station ills his mental preparation over be spent two years more in raising funds and but fitting ills his expedition the amundsen magnetic expedition was perhaps the most moat modestly appointed that ever went for purposes of discovery nto anto the arduous field of the arctic its cost was wais a largo part of at this Amund sens own money frithjof nansen the norwegian polar explorer a close friend arid and faithful helper of amundsen helped raise another large part amundsen was finally able to put off from chris titania in tho the little 17 11 ton gjoa on june 17 1903 I 1 voyage of gjoa the gjoa sailed around the north end of america reaching the mouth of the Alac mackenzie kenzie river about september 3 1905 it went by way of bar fins bay lancaster sound barrow strait reel peel sound bound james jamea ross hoss strait and rae strait twice it wintered in the ice for a period of many months during this voyage amundsen maintained an observatory on king icing williams land at latitude 68 degrees 30 minutes longitude 90 degrees west within 90 miles ita as it a ho he calculated of oc the magnetic pole the northwest trip fulfilling the dream of the early navigator brought amundsen great renown ile he then planned an all expedition to drift around ito to the north pole sea but changed his bis mind after starting and went to find the antarctic pole |
