Definitions for amundsen
ˈɑ mənd sən, ɑ mən-; ˈroʊ ɑlamund·sen

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amundsen, Roald Amundsennoun

   Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928)

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1. amundsen

   Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (UK: , US: ; Norwegian: [ˈrùːɑɫ ˈɑ̂mʉnsən] (listen); 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen began his career as a polar explorer as first mate on Adrien de Gerlache's Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899. From 1903 to 1906, he led the first expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage on the sloop Gjøa. In 1909, Amundsen began planning for a South Pole expedition. He left Norway in June 1910 on the ship Fram and reached Antarctica in January 1911. His party established a camp at the Bay of Whales and a series of supply depots on the Barrier (now known as the Ross Ice Shelf) before setting out for the pole in October. The party of five, led by Amundsen, became the first to successfully reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911. Following a failed attempt in 1918 to reach the North Pole by traversing the Northeast Passage on the ship Maud, Amundsen began planning for an aerial expedition instead. On 12 May 1926, Amundsen and 15 other men in the airship Norge became the first explorers verified to have reached the North Pole. Amundsen disappeared in June 1928 while flying on a rescue mission for the airship Italia in the Arctic. The search for his remains, which have not been found, was called off in September of that year.

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1. Amundsen

   Amundsen is a large lunar impact crater located near the south pole of the Moon, named after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It lies along the southern lunar limb, and so is viewed from the side by an observer on the Earth. To the northwest is the crater Scott, a formation of similar dimensions that is named for another Antarctic explorer. Nobile is attached to the western rim. The rim of Amundsen is slightly distended along the southern edge, and the terraced inner surface is wider at that point than elsewhere along the outer wall. The crater overlaps a smaller crater formation to the northwest, and Amundsen A is attached to the northern rim. Just to the south of Amundsen is the smaller crater Faustini. The inner floor is relatively flat, with a pair of central peaks near the midpoint. Much of the crater floor is cloaked in shadow during the lunar day, with only the southern floor and the central peaks receiving sunlight.

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1. AMUNDSEN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Amundsen is ranked #16203 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Amundsen surname appeared 1,782 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Amundsen.
   
   94.6% or 1,686 total occurrences were White.
   2.5% or 45 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 30 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of amundsen in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of amundsen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of amundsen in a Sentence

1. Norwegian Institute of Public Health:

   It is important that all municipalities now receiving inquiries from passengers from MS Roald Amundsen and the voyage from July 24-31prioritize testing, so that we can get an overview at the national level of the consequences of the outbreak, and thus prevent further spread.

2. Hlne Seroussi:

   The Amundsen Sea region in West Antarctica and Wilkes Land in East Antarctica are the two regions most sensitive to warming ocean temperatures and changing currents, and will continue to lose large amounts of ice, with these new results, we can focus our efforts in the correct direction and know what needs to be worked on to continue improving the projections.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=amundsen
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=amundsen
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html