Richfield Reaper | 1936-09-03 | Page 2 | Shaft to Amundsen

SHAFT TO AMUNDSEN san francisco has paid tribute to a great e explorer by erecting a tall granite shaft in golden gate park in memory of roald amundsen who discovered the south pole in 1911 amundsen was a native of norway he was born bom in 1872 and became a sailor at 21 in addition to his discovery of the south pole he also made two trips to the north pole one in an airplane and the other a dirigible dirig gible he discovered the north magnetic pole was the first to make the northwest passage from europe to alas alaska ka and was the third navigator to make the northeast north east passage from the atlantic to the pacific in 1928 after amundsen had announced his retirement from active exploration bobiles No biles expedition to the arctic in a dirigible met with disaster amundsen set out by air to descue nobile but perished in the attempt the san francisco monument will serve to remind coming generations erat ions of one of the most intrepid advent the world has ver seen wl boso oso contributions to science among e most notable that have azen derived from polar on