Al Polo Norte en Avión

This expedition was Roald Amundsen's sixth attempt to reach the North Pole.

Could it be said that it was a failure after surviving more than four weeks trapped in the ice?

As a reader, you will be the judge of that, but our opinion is that an expedition in which everyone returns home cannot be considered a failure. Amundsen was a skilled survivor and his contributions to the knowledge of the polar regions have endured to this day.

Others were considered heroes leaving their lives on the ice, however; Amundsen illustrates that old maxim that says: "Survive today and you can fight tomorrow" and so, on his next expedition in an airship, Roald Amundsen conquered the poles.

It is said that his passion for the polar lands began as a child and, at the age of eight, he slept with the window open to get used to the cold in order to face his future, of which he had a clear vision.

World-famous for discovering the Northwest Passage and setting foot on the South Pole for the first time, Amundsen knew perfectly how to survive in extreme conditions thanks to his medical studies and his long periods spent with the Eskimos.

As fate would have it, his plane crashed in 1928 during a rescue expedition to the airship Italia, commanded by his friend Nobile, with whom he had flown over the North Pole in the Norwegian airship.