Roald Amundsen: 19 books
The South Pole (Illustrated)
Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2014
The South Pole by Roald Amundsen tells the story of the author's trek to the Antarctic region. Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, on December 14, 1911. His account, entitled The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912, tells...
The Roald Amundsen Anthology
'The North West Passage' and, 'The South Pole'
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2013
The Roald Amundsen Anthology: “The Gjoa Expedition 1903-07”, and “The South Pole, an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-1912”.
In this Anthology are combined the accounts of both of Amundsen’s two most momentous journeys of exploration; the first successful...
The North West Passage Exploration Anthology
The Personal Accounts of the Explorers of the North-West Passage
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
“The Northwest Passage Exploration Anthology”, features the first-hand personal accounts of explorers: Roald Amundsen, Robert McClure, John Rae, John Franklin, Thomas Simpson, Peter Warren Dease, William Edward Parry and Richard Hakluyt.
This book charts the full history of the exploration...
by Roald Amundsen
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This edition is published in 2 volumes sold separately.
Elibron Classics. Replica of 1908 edition by Archibald Constable & Company Limited, London.
Oversize maps are available as a free download.
By Roald Amundsen, with a Supplement by First Lieutenant Hansen, Vice-commander of the Expedition....
by Roald Amundsen
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This edition is published in 2 volumes sold separately.
Elibron Classics. Replica of 1908 edition by Archibald Constable & Company Limited, London.
Oversize maps are available as a free download.
By Roald Amundsen, with a Supplement by First Lieutenant Hansen, Vice-commander of the Expedition....
by Roald Amundsen
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Roald Amundsen records his race to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Amundsen's expertise enabled him to succeed where his predecessors, and competitors, did not. His rival Captain Robert F. Scott not only failed to reach the Pole first, but—due to poor preparation and miscalculation—died...
by Roald Amundsen
Language: German
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Die Eroberung des Südpol: Wer würde als erstes dieses Ziel erreichen? Robert Falcon Scott oder Roald Amundsen? Das war die Frage in den Jahren 1911 und 1912. Diese beiden Polarforscher lieferten sich ein Wettlauf in der Antarktis.
Eigentlich plante Roald Amundsen seit längerer...
The Antarctic Exploration Anthology
The Personal Accounts of the Great Antarctic Explorers
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2013
The frozen continent of Antarctica has always captured the imagination of explorers and adventurers from around the World, most especially in the first few decades of the 20th Century, when the race was on to be the very first person to reach the South Pole. In this carefully selected Anthology we...
The South Pole
Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910–1912
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
The South Pole is a book by Roald Amundsen and it represents an interesting first-hand account of the Norwegian expedition's successful attempt to reach the South Pole in 1911. Amundsen spends a great deal of time talking about logistics and placing of depots in preparation for his polar attempt all...
Die Eroberung des Südpols
1910-1912
Language: German
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Wer sich ernsthaft mit den Aufzeichnungen großer Entdeckungsreisender befasst, kommt an Roald Amundsen nicht vorbei. Als erster Mensch in der Geschichte betrat der Norweger am 14. Dezember 1911 den Südpol. "Der Glorreiche" - so die altnordische Bedeutung von Roald - ist der mit Abstand erfolgreichste...
by Roald Amundsen
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
My Life as an Explorer is a classis of Polar literature, written by the one man to do more to further the exploration of both Polar Regions than any other person. First sailing to the Antarctic in the 1899 Belgian expedition, Amundsen never lost his passion for exploring, following this trip with...
Nordwestpassage
Meine Polarfahrt auf der Gjöa
Language: German
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Vor Amundsen scheiterten schon viele bedeutende Entdecker bei dem Versuch, einen Seeweg durch das eisige Labyrinth der arktischen Inseln im Norden Amerikas zu finden, so etwa Sebastian Cabot, James Cook und John Franklin. Doch das Verhängnis seiner Vorgänger beflügelte den jungen Norweger und ihre...
by Roald Amundsen
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This scarce book was first published in 1908. It is a fascinating account of the Norwegian polar explorer, Amundsen's, exploration of the Northwest Passage. Not only the first person to traverse the Passage, Amundsen was also the first to reach the North and South Poles. A fascinating autobiographical...
Mein Leben als Entdecker. Die Autobiographie
Mit einem Nachwort von Tobias Wimbauer (Nimmertal 75. Achter Band der Schriftenreihe des Antiquariats Wimbauer Buchversand)
Language: German
Release Date: July 19, 2018
Nach über 90 Jahren wird hier zu seinem neunzigsten Todestag erstmals Roald Amundsens berühmte Autobiographie wieder auf Deutsch veröffentlicht.
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