Amundsen

[ ah-muhnd-suhn; Norwegian ah-moon-suhn ]

noun

1. Ro·ald [roh, -ahl], 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer: discovered the South Pole in 1911.

Amundsen

/ ˈaːmunsən /

noun

1. AmundsenRoald18721928MNorwegianTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Roald (ˈrɔald). 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)

Example Sentences

Over the course of seven summers from 2005 to 2011, scientists at America’s Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station bored 86 holes in the ice with a hot-water drill.

From Singularity Hub 

By the 100th anniversary of Amundsen’s successful transit, only 103 other transits had been completed.

From Time

The region of interest is known as the Amundsen Sea Sector, which means climate change is biting Earth in the ASS.

From The Daily Beast

And Amundsen had then shown what stuff he was made of: both the great objects of the Gja's expedition were achieved.

From Project Gutenberg

We who knew Amundsen thought it would be more like him to avoid a place for the very reason that it had been trodden by others.

From Project Gutenberg

Amundsen had told me something of their arrangements on the way up, and I knew Hassel was responsible for coal, wood, and oil.

From Project Gutenberg

My interest is now divided between "it" in the bowl and Amundsen's return, with the meteorological discussion that will ensue.

From Project Gutenberg

There was not going to be any fun out there with Amundsen, who was sitting on the camp-stool half asleep.

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