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Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (Winners: Guderia)

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Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (Winners: Guderia)

Postby DaveH on Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:58 am

Roald Amundsen (1872 –1928) was born into a family of Norwegian ship owners and gained a zest for exploring when he joined his first Antarctic Expedition from 1897 to 1899.
His first “first” as expedition leader was traversing Canada's Northwest Passage between 1903 and 1906 with six others in a 47-ton steel seal-hunting vessel, Gjøa. This was something explorers had been attempting since the days of Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, and Henry Hudson.
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He has the standard explorer expression but no beard, although he seems to have excessive chest hair.

His second “first” was reaching the South Pole. This he achieved between 1911 and 1912, arriving at the South Pole 35 days before Scott’s ill-fated group arrived on foot. Amundsen travelled with four others using 4 sledges and 52 dogs, many of which were killed for food.
In 1925, he achieved his third “first” of flying over the North Pole accompanied by five others using two Dornier Do J flying boats. He was also the first person to travel to both poles and his final “first” in 1926 was making the first crossing of the Arctic in airship “Norge” with fifteen other men.
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Amundsen disappeared in 1928 while flying on a rescue mission looking for missing members of the crew of a crashed airship.

Can you lead your team to achieve as many “firsts” - without disappearing? You need to lead your team to beat all other teams in navigating the Northwest Passage, reaching the South Pole and crossing the Arctic.
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (0 of 8)

Postby DaveH on Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:40 am

In with greenoaks and Will Lee
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (1 of 8)

Postby BoganGod on Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:58 am

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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (1 of 8)

Postby Guderian09 on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:54 am

in pls dave

me cptbeefalo and aad0906
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (1 of 8)

Postby General Brewsie on Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:11 am

In please:

MrPinky, dorsettrob and General Brewsie

This should be a great series, because we love beating Dave H., greenoaks and Will Lee, either individually or together! :lol:
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (1 of 8)

Postby crazycolin on Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:49 pm

Happy to be a reserve for you :)
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (4 of 8)

Postby DaveH on Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:37 pm

In up to here

(Not to worry, Brewsie, we'll be Amundsen's team to your Captain Scott's)
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (4 of 8)

Postby General Brewsie on Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:52 pm

DaveH wrote:In up to here

(Not to worry, Brewsie, we'll be Amundsen's team to your Captain Scott's)

HAH! I'll see your "polar" bare!
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (4 of 8)

Postby Leatherhead on Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:18 pm

sounds fun
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (4 of 8)

Postby goggles paisano on Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:35 pm

vexx and easy n dirty will team with goggles paisano
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (5 of 8)

Postby DaveH on Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:10 am

In up to here. One more will make up a 6th team...
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (5 of 8)

Postby Gunn217 on Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:40 pm

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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (6 of 8)

Postby DaveH on Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:05 am

In up to here - thanks for joining!
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (6 of 8)

Postby aaronvollrath on Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:53 pm

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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (6 of 8)

Postby aalii on Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:16 pm

Greetings
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (6 of 8)

Postby ganguscalm on Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:57 pm

aalii, dragontrader and ganguscalm

AS ONE TEAM PLEASE
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (Full)

Postby DaveH on Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:04 am

Now full - many thanks for joining!
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (Round 1)

Postby tokle on Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:33 am

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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (Round 1)

Postby aad0906 on Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:07 pm

Tournament is still active, we 're still slugging it out :-)
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Re: Journeys of Discovery – 7; Roald Amundsen (Winners: Gude

Postby DaveH on Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:33 am

Congratulations to our winning taem of Guderian09, cptbeefalo & aad0906. They won 2 of the final 3 games to defeat runners-up Gunn217, ukberger & alt1978.

Well done! =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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