Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer that went to both the North- and the South Pole and discovered both the geographical and the magnetic Pole.

What is the difference between the geographical and the magnetic pole? Discuss – google – explain!

  1. Read this text on Roald Amundsen
  2. Answer these  questions on Amundsen.Some of them don’t have their answers in the text. Google these and write down the answer.
  3. Which of the following is not true of Roald Amundsen?
  5.   Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer.  He was the first person to reach the North Pole.  Amundsen led the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911.

      He reached the South Pole before Robert Falcon Scott.

      Amundsen traveled mostly by ship and avoided using dogs.

      He was the first person to fly over the Arctic in an airship.

      Amundsen’s ship used on the South Pole expedition was called Endurance.

      He disappeared during a rescue mission in 1928.

      Roald Amundsen was born in Oslo.

      Amundsen carefully studied the survival skills of the Inuit people before his expeditions.

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