From Pole to Pole: Roald Amundsen's journey in flight

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The past is a foreign country -- Before Amundsen (Part One). Salomon August Andree -- Before Amundsen (Part Two). Walter Wellman -- A sailor struck by lightning -- A flight to the North Pole? -- Towards the North Pole -- A merciful deliverance from the ice -- Svalbard -- Oslo-Rome -- Learning to fly : Ciampino -- Positioning flight -- Hour of gold -- Enough credit for everyone -- Our names would be linked one more time -- Gardens of stone and an AUV -- Epilogue -- A note on sources -- Annotated bibliography -- Appendix 1. Glossary of 1920s aviation terms -- Appendix 2. Dornier Wal (whale) flying boat -- Appendix 3. Airship Norge.;Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was the most successful polar explorer of his era using sledges, dogs, ski and ships. He is mainly remembered for being the first man to reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911. What is less often remembered is that he was also the first man to reach the North Pole on 12 May 1926 as the leader of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile expedition in the airship Norge. The past is a foreign country -- Before Amundsen (Part One). Salomon August Andree -- Before Amundsen (Part Two). Walter Wellman -- A sailor struck by lightning -- A flight to the North Pole? -- Towards the North Pole -- A merciful deliverance from the ice -- Svalbard -- Oslo-Rome -- Learning to fly : Ciampino -- Positioning flight -- Hour of gold -- Enough credit for everyone -- Our names would be linked one more time -- Gardens of stone and an AUV -- Epilogue -- A note on sources -- Annotated bibliography -- Appendix 1. Glossary of 1920s aviation terms -- Appendix 2. Dornier Wal (whale) flying boat -- Appendix 3. Airship Norge.