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Show tance of the magnetic pole the only set of complete polar magnetic observations ob-servations ever taken. Amundsen was born at Harpsburg. Norway, and In his childhood moved I with his parents to Christ lanla. Ills parents destined him for medicine. For one yeHr he was a medical student, stu-dent, but at his mother's death, when be was 19 years old, be gave up the Intended career and went to sea. For a number of years he cruised In the north as a whaler and sealer on Norwegian Nor-wegian vessels. Amunden had his first taste of ei ploratlon when In 1897 he went as first officer with the llelglca on C.er-lach's C.er-lach's Ilelglan polar e jrdltlon. From what he learned of the work and ad venture of exploring on this trip and from the second Norwegian polar expedition ex-pedition of 189K, he became filled with arctic ambitions of his own. He formed the project not of attaining the geographic geo-graphic pole sought by so many, but of trying the long neglected northwest passage and approaching and studying while on his way the little-known magnetic pole. It took Amundsen several years to prepare himself for his trip. For two years he studied, first in Hamburg ua der Neumayer, authority on magnet-Ism, magnet-Ism, In Ilerlln under Schmidt, and finally at Wllhelmshafen under Ilorgen In the meteorological station. His mental preparation over, he spent two years more in ralBlng funds and outfitting out-fitting his expedition. The Amundsen magnetic expedition was perhaps the most modestly appointed ap-pointed that ever went for purposes of discovery into the arduous field of the arctic. Its cowt was MO.OOO. a large part of this Amundsen's own money. Krlthjof Nansen. the Norwegian Norwe-gian polar explorer, a close friend and faithful helper of Amundsen, helped raise another large part. Amundsen was finally able to put off from Chris tinanla In the little 17-ton s'uop GJoa on June 17. 1903. Voyage of Cjoa. The GJoa sailed around the north end ot America, reaching the mouth of the Mackenzie river about September Septem-ber 3. 1905. It went by way of Itaf-fin's Itaf-fin's bay. Lancaster sound. Barrow strait. I'eel sound, James Kos strait and Ilae strait. Twice It wintered In the Ice. For a period of many months during this voyage Amundsen maintained main-tained an observatory on King Wll Haras land, at latitude 6S degrees :iu minutes, longitude 90 degrees west within 90 miles, as he calculated, of the magnetic pole. The northwest trip, fulfilling the dream of the early navigator, brought Amundsen great renown. He then planned an expedition to drift around to the North Pole sea, but changed his mind after starting and wont to find the Antarctic pole. SKETCH OF CAPT. AMUNDSEN. Arctic Exploration Has Been the Dream of Hie Life Since Early Manhood. Roald Amundsen, now about 40 years old, has proved himself one of the most competent explorers. He side reaching the south pole he I the first and only man to accomplish the long attempted feat of taking a hip from the Atlantic to the Pacific by the northwest psssage. He has made at a point within a snort dls- |