April 17, 2020

QUESTION:

The first person to reach the South Pole, Roald Amundsen, was also the first to accomplish which other feat?

 

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ANSWER:

 

Navigate the Northwest Passage.

In 1903, Amundsen set off, travelling east to west through the Northwest Passage in his 70-foot motorized sailer. Three years later he became the first to navigate the entire passage.