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

Famed explorer Roald Amundsen was perhaps the first to recognize the importance of ice rises.

From Science Magazine

This mechanism contributes substantially to the melting of ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea of West Antarctica.

From Science Daily

Some of it appears to be caused by cyclical factors, and could be fueled by phenomena such as the interactions between the Amundsen Sea Low and Southern Annular Mode.

From Salon

"Our work provides robust new evidence that glacier retreat in the Amundsen Sea was initiated in the mid-twentieth century, likely associated with climate variability," the scientists write in their paper.

From Salon

"It is possible that the changes we see today on Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers -- and potentially across the entire Amundsen Sea embayment -- were essentially set in motion in the 1940s."

From Science Daily