Map to Illustrate the Voyage and Arctic Explorations of Captain Roald Amundsen

Three maps on one sheet tracking the route of Danish explorer Roald Amundsen during The Gjøa Expedition in 1903-1906. A red line tracks the course of the ship, The Gjøa, during its journey from Greenland to Alaska, making it the first vessel to navigate the length of the Northwest Passage.



One of the major discoveries during this expedition was to determine the then-location of the North Magnetic Pole, and that it moves over time. This has been marked on the map as having been observed in 1831 according to Captain Ross, at Cape Adelaide Regina.


A map of the Arctic can be seen just below the title, giving an overview of the vast territory traversed during the expedition, and below this an inset map of King Willian Island's Neumayer Peninsula (also known as Gjøa Harbour in Nunavut, Canada).


The maps have been drawn from surveys by polar explorer and Danish Royal Naval Lieut. Godfred Hansen, who during the expedition also worked as navigator, astronomer, geologist and photographer.


Printed colour. [POLAR522]