Roald Amundsen (1872-1928)

Erster am Südpol Geheimer Wettlauf mit Scott Im ewigen Eis Auf Rettungsflug für Nobile Verschollen im Eismeer ---------------------------------------- First at the South Pole In a secret race with Scott In the eternal ice On a rescue flight for Nobile Missing over the Arctic Ocean ---------------------------------------- Primero en el Polo Sur En carrera secreto con Scott En los hielos eternos En vuelo savamento a Nobile Desaparecido sobre el océano Ártico Note: Roald Amundsen (1872 – 1928), a Norwegian explorer of polar regions led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole (1910-1912). He was the first person to reach both poles. Me was reported missingin at plane crash during a rescue mission for Umberto Nobile in 1928 northwest of Bear Island in teh Arctic Ocean. Umberto Nobile (1885 – 1978) was an Italian airship pioneer and general. He was injured when he crashed and rescued by a Swedish pilot. Mussolini degraded him and Nobile emigrated first to the Sovjet Union, later to the USA and to Spain. In 1945 he was rehabilitated and returned to Italy.