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Roald Amundsen (1872-1928)

Erster am Südpol
Geheimer Wettlauf mit Scott
Im ewigen Eis

Auf Rettungsflug für Nobile
Verschollen im Eismeer 

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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

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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.

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