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nounNorwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928)
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- scott English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)
- northwest passage a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
- robert falcon scott English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)
- robert scott English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)