1. Roald Amundsen as a boy in Christiania, circa 1875.
2. Portrait of Amundsen as a youth, showing how he wanted to be known, an intrepid adventurer, rather than how he was.
3. Amundsen and Hanssen learning from the Inuit, preparing for their first dog sled foray in the winter of 1903/1904.
4. The remnants of practice snow houses litter the ground surrounding the Gjoa, the evidence of Amundsen’s labor.
5. A Netsilingmiut Inuit family lounges inside a snow house, circa 1904.
6. A Netsilingmiut Inuit family readies for travel; note the baby carried on the woman’s back.
7. Young visitors to Gjoa Haven. Amundsen encouraged the people to visit him at the Gjoa so that he could learn Arctic survival and travel
skills.
8. The crew of the Gjoa pose in Nome, Alaska, after their successful navigation of the Northwest Passage, 1906.
9. Dancing with the dogs aboard the Fram, 1910. During the voyage south from Norway to Antarctica the dogs had the run of the ship and the
attention of the crew. They all knew their failure or success would depend upon the health of the dogs.
10. Framheim snowed-in. The explorers dug tunnels through the snow and constructed several storage and workrooms from the snow. They also held
contests to encourage each other to venture outside.
11. The Fram at the ice edge, ready to unload cargo for the expedition before sailing for Argentina.
12. Amundsen and crew working on equipment in the kitchen of Framheim, 1911.
13. Bjaaland, Prestrud, and Wisting packing sledges for the great trip in one of Framheim’s underground snow rooms.
14. Four exhausted explorers stare at the flag they had planted at the South Pole, December 1911.
15. Helmer Hanssen and his dog team pose for a photo at the South Pole, an unremarkable patch of snow.
16. Amundsen and crew posing on the Fram’s deck in Hobart, March 1912, before announcing their news to the world.
17. This formal portrait of Amundsen, circa 1918, shows the classic profile of “the White Eagle of Norway.”
18. Amundsen’s custom built ship, the Maud, in Christiania fjord soon after it was launched, 1918.
19. Reading in the cabin of the Maud along the Northeast Passage
20. Amundsen feeding his pet polar bear Marie along the Northeast Passage in the winter of 1920.
21. Amundsen, looking relaxed at the helm of the Maud, Nome, Alaska, 1920.
22. Amundsen, Kakonita and Camilla in Seattle. It must have been a culture shock for the two girls who had never been away from their tiny Arctic
communities before, and who were about to visit New York and cross the Atlantic by steamship to Norway.
23. The fuselage of N25 being unloaded from the transport ship Hobby onto the ice at Kings Bay, May 1925.
24. The flying boats being assembled on the frozen rim of Kings Bay. Note the open cockpits, the lack of landing gear, and the mighty engine on the
wings above.
25. Amundsen looking cool, leaning against the side of his plane before the flight.
26. Amundsen, Ellsworth being drawn through the crowd-lined streets of Oslo in celebration, July 5, 1925.
27. Umberto Nobile, displaying his customary smug expression, and his pet dog Titina, the first dog to reach the North Pole.
28. The Norge leaving Leningrad for Norway, note the men outside tending the engines. The Italian members of the crew had never seen snow
before.
29. The Norge is hauled from its green canvas hangar in Kings Bay on May, 11, 1926, in preparation for its historic flight. The mighty
open-roofed shed was constructed at great expense with imported materials in the month before the flight.
30. The Norge deflating in Teller, Alaska. Amundsen and Ellsworth went on to Nome while Nobile remained to pack up the damaged airship, May
1926.
31. Amundsen and Ellsworth posing in celebration after the pioneering flight that disproved the existence of land surrounding the North Pole.
32. The leaders of the Norge expedition, Amundsen, Ellsworth, Nobile (seated) and Riiser-Larsen (far left), posing for a photo as they cruised
south to Seattle, June 1926. The relaxed atmosphere conveyed in the photo belied the undercurrents of disgruntlement, frustration and distrust that soon erupted into a bitter public feud.