We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.

Translated as The North-West Passage: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship "Gjøa" 1903–1907 1908. Amundsen’s expedition benefited from careful preparation good equipment appropriate clothing a simple primary task (Amundsen did no surveying on his route south and is known to have taken only two photographs) an understanding of dogs and their handling and the effective use of skis. After a 45-day trip from San Francisco on a bulk carrier the Gjøa was placed in her present resting place outside the Fram Museum in Oslo.

Amundsen Douglas Mawson Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton were key expedition leaders during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (Norwegian: [ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən]; 16 July 1872 – c.