Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer. He helped to lead the very first successful Antarctic expedition to the South Pole between 1910 and 1912. Amundsen was a key leader during the age of Arctic exploration.

Amundsen's initial plan was to head north and claim the north pole, explore the North Polar Basin. Roald heard that Frederick Cook and Robert Peary had already claimed the North Pole, so Amundsen changed his plans. Head for Antarctica. He needed to found something to guarantee funding for his North Polar journey, so he headed south. The only people informed of the change of plans was Amunsen's brother Leon and the commander of the ship. Roald waited until the ship had been on waters for a while before informing the crew of the change of direction. Luckily for Amundsen no one in the crew objected.

Amundsen arrived at the South Pole on the 14, December, 1911. A team of 5 people and 16 dogs and explored. Upon leaving the South Pole Amundsen left a small tent with a letter inside stating the accomplishment in case of the ship not returning home safely, but the voyage home was a smooth one. The ship made it to the South Pole and back in 99 days, originally planned to take 100.

In June of 1928, While Amundsen was on a rescue mission his plane crashed. Rescue parties were sent out but Roald was never found. It was presumed that he was killed upon impact or soon after. Roald Amundsen's body was never found.

Roald Amundsen seems very sneaky to me. What would he have done if the crew did not want to go the South Pole, he is incredibly lucky that they did not try and throw him off the ship. If I was told I was going one place and then half way there told that I was lied to I would be pretty angry.