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Captain Roald Amundsen and crew aboard the GJOA, Nome, September 1, 1906
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| Title | Captain Roald Amundsen and crew aboard the GJOA, Nome, September 1, 1906 |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 |
| Date | 1906 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Capt. Amundsen and his crew on board the GJOA, Nome, Sep 1st, 1906. Photo by F.H. Nowell, Nome, Alaska, Copyright 1906 |
| Contextual Notes | Amundsen, Roald (1872-1928), Norwegian polar explorer, born in Borge, and educated at the University of Christiania (now the University of Oslo). He entered the Norwegian navy in 1894 and spent the following nine years studying science. From 1903 to 1906 he led his first important expedition in the small sloop Gjöa. During this voyage he sailed successfully through the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and determined the position of the north magnetic pole. His next expedition (1910-1912) sailed in a larger ship, the Fram, and gained fame as one of the most successful undertakings in the history of Antarctic exploration. With his companions, he lived in Antarctica for more than a year, conducting explorations and scientific investigations. On December 14, 1911, he reached the South Pole, becoming the first person known to have accomplished this feat. (MSN Encarta)
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Explorers--Norwegian--Alaska--Nome
Sailors--Alaska--Nome
Group portraits
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928
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| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Nome |
| Digital Collection | Frank H. Nowell Photographs
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| Order Number | NOW175 |
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| Negative Number | Nowell 5162 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Frank H. Nowell Photograph Collection. PH Coll 316
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b&w : 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2002. |
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