Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer whose team were the First to Reach the South Pole - this is his astonishing story, in his own words.
This was increased further by Amundsen\'s compulsory military service, part of.
At fifteen he received as a gift the memoirs of Sir John Franklin, a famous British explorer, which roused an immediate interest.
Amundsen begins by explaining that he was not born with an urge to explorer the farthest, uncharted regions of the world.
Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer whose team were the First to Reach the South Pole - this is his astonishing story, in his own words