New Issue - Norway "150th Anniversary of the Birth of Roald Amundsen" 3rd January 2022
This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Roald Amundsen and Norway have released two stamps to commemorate the event.
In 1910 Amundsen and his crew sailed to Antarctica with the polar ship Fram. Together with four other expedition members, he became the first to reach the South Pole, December 14, 1911 - five weeks ahead of rival Robert F. Scott.
The winner of the race against the South Pole made Amundsen as famous as he was to become to gain support for the activity that was closest to his heart, namely the exploration of the unknown parts of the Arctic. After the experiences from the first part of the Maud expedition, Amundsen understood that the inner, unknown areas of the Arctic had to be explored by means of aircraft.
In 1926 he flew with Lincoln Ellsworth over the North Pole with the Italian-built airship Norway, led by Umberto Nobile. Amundsen died in 1928 in the vicinity of Bjørnøya while searching by plane for the wrecked expedition to Nobile.
