Beta Crucis
Beta Crucis The second-brightest star in the constellation Crux, also known as Becrux or Mimosa. It is a B0.5 giant 353 l.y. away and a variable of the Beta Cephei type, ranging between magnitudes 1.2 and 1.3 with a period of 5.7 hours.
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The Last Viking.(Roald Amundsen )
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 2/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...1928, and famed polar explorer Roald Amundsen had left for the North Pole on...a man of his accomplishments. Amundsen was the first person to navigate...that he longed to die on a quest. Amundsen was born in 1872 in an island community...
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ROALD AMUNDSEN'S BELGICA DIARY: THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC.(Review)
Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ROALD AMUNDSEN'S BELGICA DIARY: THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC...November 1899. Decleir has sectioned Amundsen's Belgica diary into chapters, providing...was also deeply religious (p. 73). Amundsen's strong sense of duty is also evident...
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Pole position.(Roald Amundsen; Robert Scott, Valerian Ivanovitch Albanov)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: New Scientist; 11/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...helping to restore the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and Russia's Valerian Ivanovitch...the South Pole with items used by Amundsen, his successful arch-rival...of Scott as romantic hero and Amundsen as efficient but impassive automaton...
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La odisea polar de Shackleton: comparado con el mítico Roald Amundsen, Shackleton fue un perdedor. No hizo realidad su sueño de alcanzar el Polo Sur, pero protagonizó una gesta para salvar a sus hombres. Varios documentales y una película rescatan del olvido la figura de este Ulises de lo hielos. (Historia).(TT: Shackleton's polar Odyssey: compared to Roald Amundsen, Shackleton was a poor explorer. He did not bring about his dream of reaching the South Pole, but he was protagonist of a heroic deed to save his men. Various documentaries and a film rescue this icy Ulysses from oblivion. (History).)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 5/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...el rey Eduardo VII le nombr Caballero. Pero se qued sin el Polo Sur, que sera alcanzado en 1911 por el noruego Roald Amundsen y en segundo lugar, en 1912, por Scott -que sucumbi en el accidentado regreso-. Lejos de desanimarse, Shackleton...
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Nearly a century ago, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set off on separate expeditions to the South Pole.
Newspaper article from: Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 10/23/2008; 647 words
; pollock ready for 'polar plod' Nearly a century ago, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set off on separate expeditions to the South Pole. Amundsen arrived there on December 14, 1911, and found his way safely back to his native Norway...
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Norway may begin a search for the wreck of the seaplane in which Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach the South Pole, died in 1928 while searching for a fellow Italian explorer.(News)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/2003; 514 words
; Norway may begin a search for the wreck of the seaplane in which Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach the South Pole, died in 1928 while searching for a fellow Italian explorer. The Norwegian Fisheries...
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NORWAY - NORWEGIAN FRIGATE LAUNCHED IN SPAIN (JUN 09/NAVANTIA).(Fene-Ferrol aunched the F-311 Roald Amundsen)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Periscope Daily Defense News Capsules; 6/9/2005; 700+ words
; NAVANTIA -- Spain's Fene-Ferrol shipyard has launched the F-311 Roald Amundsen frigate for the Royal Norwegian Navy, reports the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia. This vessel is the second of five scheduled to...
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El viajero. (los viajeros noruegos Roald Amundsen y Fridtjof Nansen viajaron por lugares frígidos)(TT: The traveller) (TA: the Norwegian travellers Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen travelled through frigid places)
Magazine article from: Tribuna de Actualidad; 3/31/1997; 403 words
; Son los hombres de los hielos. Amundsen viaj al Artico en 1894, a la Antrtida en 1897, en 1903 descubre el paso del Noroeste y localiza el polo magntico Norte, y en...
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Into thin air: in 1926 Umberto Nobile, a young Italian airship engineer, became a hero of Mussolini's Fascist state when he piloted Roald Amundsen's Norge over the North Pole. But his subsequent attempt to make the journey on behalf of his own country ended in tragedy. Irene Peroni tells his story.
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...1925 the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, the man who had beaten Robert...reputation that was not to last. Amundsen owed much to the American Lincoln...would fly under the Italian flag. Amundsen refused this demand. However...
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 "WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin)")
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This week in history.(YOUR TURN)(Roald Amundsen's exploration)
Magazine article from: WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin); 12/15/2006; 450 words
; December 14, 1911, five men led by the famous Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen raced on dog sleds through the snow and ice. Suddenly, everyone on the team shouted "Halt!" as their instruments indicated...
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Roald Amundsen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Roald Amundsen The Norwegian Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was the first explorer to reach the South Pole...was also the first to sail through the Northwest Passage. Roald Amundsen was born in Borge. By age 15 he had determined on a career...
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Amundsen, Roald
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Amundsen, Roald (1872–1928), Polar explorer...trapped in the ice . On his return in 1899 Amundsen obtained his master 's certificate...brought the scheme to a halt. Instead, Amundsen, emboldened by Shackleton 's recent...
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Amundsen Sea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Amundsen Sea arm of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, bordered by Thurston Island and Cape Dart. Off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, the sea was named after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen .
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Lincoln Ellsworth
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...largely financed the expedition with Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, that...European side of the pole. In 1926 Amundsen and Ellsworth returned to the...1919); two books written with Roald Amundsen, Our Polar Flight (1925) and...
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Louise Arner Boyd
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...had been used by the explorers Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth. She returned...but in the search operations Amundsen was lost and never found. Boyd...to those who were searching for Amundsen and spent four months with her...
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