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Here is 20 facts from Roald Amundsen's life
Here is 20 facts from Roald Amundsen's life
Roald Amundsen was an attractive brand.
In the 1920s, you could even purchase oranges with Amundsen's face on them.
Amundsen had a plan to use polar bears as draft animals.
However, despite a German animal trainer taking on the task of training them, they were never used in any expedition.
Today, only a few body parts of Roald Amundsen remain.
Roald Amundsen grew up on Uranienborgveien in Oslo.
The house he later purchased in Svartskog, was named Uranienborg.
At the age of 12, he received a letter and a lock of hair from his teenage sweetheart, Kamilla.
These mementos remained with him the rest of his life.