Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Roald Amundsen
Born: July 16, 1872
Died: June 18, 1928 (aged 55)
Bio: Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of 1910 12 which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader for the air expedition to the North Pole.
Known for:
- First crossing of the Polar Sea (1927)
- Aan de Zuidpool