Project Gutenberg 2007-06-20 Public domain in the USA. 287 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 Reading ease score: 69.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. 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 Category: Adventure Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Modern (1750+) 284625 2025-06-09T08:28:45.649393 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 2378471 2025-06-09T08:28:53.441844 application/epub+zip 2386806 2025-06-09T08:28:48.446431 application/epub+zip 181863 2025-06-09T08:28:47.060392 application/epub+zip 2470481 2025-06-09T08:28:56.715863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2437681 2025-06-09T08:28:51.935837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235512 2022-09-10T09:48:27.466090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240331 2025-06-09T08:28:44.577438 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 19561 2025-06-09T08:28:56.876814 application/rdf+xml 27376 2025-06-09T08:28:47.170353 image/jpeg 3029 2025-06-09T08:28:47.116359 image/jpeg 2242195 2025-06-09T08:28:45.785398 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia