“The numerous people who imagine that a long stay in the Polar regions makes a man less susceptible of cold than other mortals are completely mistaken.”

— Roald Amundsen

Sydpolen (The South Pole) (1912)

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Norwegian polar researcher, who was the first to reach the … 1872–1928

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