WAUAmundsenRoaldPHColl505.xmlPreliminary Guide to the Photographs of Roald Amundsen 1906Amundsen (Roald) Photographs ofSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries©2008 (Last modified: 7/6/2022)
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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0505Photographs of Roald Amundsen1906undated53 photographic printsCollection materials are inEnglish.Photographs of a Norwegian explorer of the Arctic

The Norwegian Roald Engelbregt Grauning Amundsen (July 16, 1872 - June 18, 1928) explored the Arctic ice cap and Antarctica and led the expedition that first reached the South Pole. He left medical school in 1897 to go to the Antarctic with a Belgian expedition, the first group to spend a winter there. Between 1903 and 1906 he passed from east to west across the Arctic Ocean above North America, the so-called Northwest Passage. He was mounting an expedition to the North Pole when he learned that an American, Robert Peary, had already reached the pole (1909).

The collection includes photographs that probably precede his attempt at the North Pole. Some of the photographs were taken by Lomen and by John Thwaites.

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1Amundsen with dog sleds at Boulder Creek Shelter Cabin; Uncle Sam's shelter cabin for mushers (Alaska)undated43 black and white photographs2Amundsen and others1906undatedLomen10 black and white photographs

2 photographs of Amundsen in Nome, undated; 1 photograph of visitors on boardGjoa, September 1, 1906; 1 photograph of Amundsen in motor car decked out with American flag, undated; 2 photographs of Captain Amundsen and party off for Jess Creek (?), September 2, 1906; 3 autographed portraits of Amundsen; 1 photograph of Amundsen in group portrait, undated.