Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole (on Dec. 14, 1911), so when you watch ...

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The great polar explorer Roald Amundsen stood by himself on the frozen Arctic shore, staring into the distance. He was fifty-three years old—but looked seventy-five—and bankrupt. On the ice in front ...

Title holder Harald Østberg Amundsen won the third stage of cross country's Tour de Ski on Tuesday in Italy and moved within striking distance of fellow Norwegian overall leader Johannes Høsflot Klæbo ...

Polar adventurers, scientists and the prime minister of Norway gathered at the bottom of the world Wednesday to mark the 100th anniversary of explorer Roald Amundsen becoming the first to reach the ...

OSLO – Norway plans to resume the search for South Pole conqueror Roald Amundsen's plane 81 years after it vanished during an Arctic rescue mission, the Royal Norwegian Navy announced Monday. Amundsen ...

How did I happen to become an explorer? It did not just happen, for my career has been a steady progress toward a definite goal since I was 15 years of age. Whatever I have accomplished in exploration ...

Twenty-five years ago, I helped put together an international festival in Japan to celebrate the spirit of exploration. The project was the brainchild of Yuichiro Miura, the man who had once skied ...

1912: Roald Amundsen claims the South Pole for Norway. Amundsen and his team actually reached the pole (90 degrees South) on Dec. 14, 1911, beating Robert Falcon Scott's British team by 35 days. But ...