Roald Amundsen
Books by Roald Amundsen
The South Pole
by Roald Amundsen
The way it turned out, it wasn’t an expedition in our sense of the word. Rather, it was the longest ski race in the world. Among his men he’d chosen a ski champion, Olaf Bjorland, who was totally unimpressed by the prospect of going to the Pole. It was just a ski race to him.
The North-West Passage
by Roald Amundsen
Amundsen spent a lot of time with the Eskimos and used the expedition to learn their lore of survival in a cold climate
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The best books on Polar Exploration, recommended by Roland Huntford
The Norwegians were masters of polar exploration because they were better prepared and did not glamourize it. Author and journalist Roland Huntford picks the best books on the early history of polar exploration.
