Project Gutenberg 2007-06-20 Public domain in the USA. 84 Amundsen, Roald 1872 1928 Amundsen, Rual Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning De Noordwestelijke Doorvaart De Aarde en haar Volken, 1909 Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ "De Noordwestelijke Doorvaart" by Roald Amundsen is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The narrative explores Amundsen's polar expedition aboard the ship Gjöa from 1903 to 1906, focusing on the challenges and triumphs of navigating the Northwest Passage. The text reflects Amundsen's deep-seated ambition to conquer uncharted waters, alongside his crew, who each bring their unique expertise to the journey. At the start of the expedition, the atmosphere is charged with excitement and anticipation as the crew prepares to depart from Christiania. The opening paints vivid scenes of their departure, recounting the crew's individual backgrounds, including their roles on the ship and their aspirations for the expedition. Amundsen expresses his determination to fulfill a childhood dream of navigating the Northwest Passage, while detailing the process of preparing the Gjöa for a lengthy stay in the Arctic. The excitement of their first encounters with the icy landscape is palpable as they begin their journey into the unknown, driven by curiosity and the spirit of adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/21878/21878-h/images/new-cover.jpg nl Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 -- Travel -- Northwest Passage Gjøa (Ship) Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration G Text De Aarde en haar Volken Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Other 284322 284327 2024-09-09T11:35:29.622121 2023-09-10T04:33:44.177791 text/html text/html 280560 2014-05-24T16:36:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii 2262914 2014-05-24T16:37:30 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 2379166 2024-09-09T11:35:36.851097 application/epub+zip 2387729 2024-09-09T11:35:32.145107 application/epub+zip 182406 2024-09-09T11:35:30.866113 application/epub+zip 2470539 2024-09-09T11:35:40.001090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2434366 2024-09-09T11:35:35.460110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235512 2022-09-10T09:48:27.466090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240331 240253 2024-09-09T11:35:28.655132 2023-09-10T04:33:43.271788 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 239907 2014-05-25T07:40:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 91049 2014-05-25T07:40:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19341 2024-09-09T11:35:40.157052 application/rdf+xml 27376 2024-09-09T11:35:30.968105 image/jpeg 3029 2024-09-09T11:35:30.915100 image/jpeg 2242784 2024-09-09T11:35:29.746127 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia