The Best Roald Amundsen Quotes

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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872 to June 18, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer who is well known as being the first person to reach both the North and South Poles.

Roald Amundsen | By no credit - [1], Public Domain, Link
Roald Amundsen | By no credit – [1], Public Domain, Link
Amundsen led the expedition to Antarctica in 1910-1912 that was the 1st to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. In 1926, Amundsen led an air expedition to the North Pole. He also made the 1st traverse of Canada’s Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean in 1903-1906. He made many other expeditions during his years of exploration too. Read more about those on Wikipedia.org.

Unfortunately, Roald Amundsen was presumed dead after a plane crash on June 18, 1928 while flying a rescue mission in the Arctic. The bodies of Amundsen and the crew were never found.

Today, Roald Amunsen’s legacy lives on. In Antarctica, many landmarks bear his name: Amundsen Sea, Amundsen Glacier, Amundsen Bay, Amundsen Coast, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, and Mount Amundsen. Other bodies of water, boats, schools, railroad cars, etc are also named after him. Even a crater near the South Pole of the moon is named Amundsen. The famous author Roald Dahl is named after Amundsen. Roald Amundsen will live on forever.

Below you’ll find a selection of the best Roald Amundsen quotes:

  • Adventure is just bad planning.
  • I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time, this is called bad luck.
  • Glittering white, shining blue, raven black … the land looks like a fairytale. Pinnacle after pinnacle, peak after peak—crevassed, wild as any land on our globe, it lies, unseen and untrodden. It is a wonderful feeling to travel along it.
  • The English have loudly and openly told the world that skis and dogs are unusable in these regions and that fur clothes are rubbish. We shall see — we shall see.
  • So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God!
  • Everything went like a dance.
  • 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 fifteen years of age.
  • We see many fine sunsets here, unique in the splendour of their colour. No doubt the surroundings in this fairyland of blue and white do much to increase their beauty.
  • With sufficient planning, you can almost eliminate adventure from an expedition.
  • A rich and varied menu is for people who have no work to do.
  • Everything is on a reduced scale here in the Polar regions; we can’t afford to be extravagant.

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