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Amundsen

Duration: 1 hour, 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Inspired by a gift from his father when he was a child, Roald Amundsen became fascinated by the polar wildernesses. It was an obsession that drove to him explore both poles.

He led the first expedition to the South Pole in 1911 as well as the first proven to have reached the North Pole, in a dirigible, in 1926. His achievements, however, came at a cost to both his family and his colleagues.

In Norwegian and English with English subtitles.
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Contributors

Roald Amundsen:
Pal Sverre Hagen
Hjalmar Johansen:
Fridtjov Saheim
Aline Amundsen:
Ruby Dagnall
Oscar Wisting:
Glenn Andre Kaada
Kiss Bennett:
Ida Ursin-Holm
Leon Amundsen:
Christian Rubeck
Fridtjof Nansen:
Trond Espen Seim

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