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Amundsen Sea

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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North-west Passage

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North-west Passage The sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along the north coast of North America. Long sought by explorers it was first traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903–06).

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	The Northwest Passage.(TIME TRIP)(expeditions for an ice-free sea passage )(Brief article) Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 9/17/2007
	Chapter 2. Magazine article from: Coast Guard Magazine; 3/1/2007
	Norway renews search for South Pole conqueror News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/23/2009

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	Red Amundsen our flag in white Arctic Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 2/27/2008; ; 700+ words ; AMUNDSEN GULF, N.W.T. -- As a bright...perched in a patch of snow-white sea ice, the Coast Guard icebreaker Amundsen stands out in the Arctic like a...no denying its presence in the Amundsen Gulf, just south of remote Banks...
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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 ; ...Svalbard Islands, to Alaska. Amundsen still considered the expedition...explorers reached after a long sea journey, people seemed to...flowers that was intended for Amundsen. This might have been the...reached breaking point. For Amundsen, it was as if the whole adventure...
	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 ; ...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...highest marathons in the world -- the Dead Sea Ultra in Jordan followed by the gruelling...
	Northwest Passage: Quark Expeditions' icebraker adventure in the path of Amundsen.(Cruise of the Month) Magazine article from: Cruise Travel; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...not occur until Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen set out in 1903. We retraced his approximate...less time--just under three weeks vs. Amundsen's three years--and in far greater...a rudimentary gym and sauna, indoor sea-water pool (heated to only 70 degrees...
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	Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/19/2002; ; 592 words ; ...Antarctica. The National Ice Center reported Monday that the berg, named B-22, broke free from an ice tongue in the Amundsen Sea, an area of Antarctica south of the Pacific Ocean. The new iceberg is located at 74.56 south latitude and 107...
	Summer and Autumn Movements of Belugas of the Eastern Beaufort Sea Stock. Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the eastern Beaufort Sea stock were tagged with...of the estuary, or in Amundsen Gulf, M'Clure Strait...southeastern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf may have substantially...the eastern Beaufort Sea stock have been thought...eastern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf (Harwood et ...
	Northwest Passage may open to ships; Climate change means that the infamous northern sea route is almost free of ice, writes Doug Struck.(Dispatches) Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 11/12/2006; 700+ words ; ...scientists packed aboard the Amundsen. They occupy the coast guard...churned west to the Beaufort Sea. As autumn came on, the ship...and careful Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, took three years to thread...islands a century ago. The Amundsen was built to follow its namesake...