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| Title | Roald Amundsen with Chukchi girls on waterfront, Seattle, 1921 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1921 |
| Caption | Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole, but the Arctic was his first love. He designed his own ship, named it for Queen Maud of Norway, and christened it with a block of ice. The well-equipped expedition set off from Norway in June 1918 to explore the area near the North Pole. The ship spent its first two winters frozen in Arctic ice. In 1921, the "Maud" came to Seattle for repairs before heading back to the Arctic. Amundsen brought two Inuit girls with him, with the aim of providing them with European education.Amundsen brought two Chukchi girls with him, with the aim of providing them with European education. The younger girl was named Cakonita Amundsen and the older one Camilla Carpendale. They both came from Siberia and belonged to the ethnic group Chukchi, who are closely related to the Inuit or Eskimo peoples of Alaska. Amundsen took the girls to Norway, but after about three years they returned to the Arctic and eventually settled in British Columbia. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Amundsen & Esquimaux Girls.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Explorers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Children--Washington (State)--Seattle; Automobiles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 Carpendale, Camilla Amundsen, Cakonita |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.2160 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 86163 |
