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Roald Amundsen was the most successful polar explorer of his age using sledges, puppies, skis, and ships. He's mainly remembered for being the first man to reach the South Pole on Dec 14, 1911. What's less often appreciated is the fact that he was also the first man to reach the North Pole on, may 12, 1926, as the leader of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile expedition in the airship Norge. His involvement in aviation, from his tests with man-lifting kites in 1909 to his loss of life in 1928 while flying from Norway to Spitsbergen, has not been the subject of a detailed review - until now. From Pole to Pole explores Amundsen's excitement for flight as soon as he find out about Blriot's flight across the English Channel in an aircraft. In June 1928 Amundsen and five companions became popular in a search-and-rescue air travel for the lacking airship Italia and were never seen again. Really the only traces of the men and their aircraft were a hint float and an empty fuel container that washed up on the coast of North Norway almost a year later. Searches of the seabed near Keep Island for the remains of the Latham 47 flying sail boat he was flying in occurred in 2004 and 2009, and affinity for the secret of his disappearance remains high.
