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2026-05-12 - 100 years ago: first flight over the North Pole

The first confirmed crossing of the geographic North Pole was achieved by polar explorer Roald Amundsen with the help of an airship designed by Italian Umberto Nobile. On 12 May 1926, the 16-member crew, which had set off from Ny-Alesund on Spitsbergen, reached the North Pole before continuing on their way to Alaska.

Airship "Norge" before its transfer from Rome to Spitzbergen, 1926

01.01.1926 - The airship "Norge" before being transferred from Italy to Spitzbergen. The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, the American polar pilot Lincoln Ellsworth and the Italian mili...
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Alter Luftschiffmast zum Ankern für das Luftschiff Norge von Umberto Nobile, Nordpol-Expedition von Roald Amundsen, Ny-Ålesund, Insel Spitzbergen, Inselgruppe Spitzbergen, Svalbard und Jan Mayen, Norwegen, Europa

12.09.2018 - Alter Luftschiffmast zum Ankern für das Luftschiff Norge von Umberto Nobile, Nordpol-Expedition von Roald Amundsen, Ny-Ålesund, Insel Spitzbergen, Inselgruppe Spitzbergen, Svalbard...
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Alter Luftschiffmast zum Ankern für das Luftschiff Norge von Umberto Nobile, Nordpol-Expedition von Roald Amundsen, Ny-Ålesund, Insel Spitzbergen, Inselgruppe Spitzbergen, Svalbard und Jan Mayen, Norwegen, Europa

12.09.2018 - Alter Luftschiffmast zum Ankern für das Luftschiff Norge von Umberto Nobile, Nordpol-Expedition von Roald Amundsen, Ny-Ålesund, Insel Spitzbergen, Inselgruppe Spitzbergen, Svalbard...
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Umberto Nobile

01.01.1928 - Umberto Nobile, Italian pilot and engineer, leader of two polar flights with the airships 'Norge'and 'Italia'. [XPAEXPORTID000005]
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General Umberto Nobile

01.01.1930 - The Italian General Umberto Nobile (1885-1978) flew over the North Pole with the airship 'Norge' in 1926. On the return flight from his second North Pole crossing in 1928 he strand...
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Roald Amundsen. Norwegischer Polarforscher. 1872 1928...

10.05.1926 - Roald Amundsen. Norwegischer Polarforscher. 1872 1928. Im Jahr 1926 erreichte Amundsen mit dem Luftschiff Norge den Nordpol. Das Luftschiff verließ Ny Ålesund am 11. Mai 1926 und p...
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Wreck of the airship "Norge"

01.01.1926 - In 1926, the polar explorer Roald Amundsen led by the Italian General Umberto Nobile succeeded to cross the North Pole for the first time with the airship "Norge" built by Nobile....
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Umberto Nobile climbs in an airship , 1927

01.01.1927 - The Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile climbs in the gondola of an airship. Nobile was leader of two polar flights with the airships 'Norge'and 'Italia'. [XPAEXPORTID000005]
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The airship "Norge" after the flight over the north pole, 1926

01.01.1926 - The disassembled airship "Norge", with which the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, the American polar pilot Lincoln Ellsworth and the Italian military engineer Umberto Nobil...
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Roald Amundsen

30.11.1999 - Undated picture of Norwegian polar researcher Roald Amundsen. He was born on the 16th of July in 1872 in Borge and is missing since the 18th of June in 1928 after he fell between T...
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Roald Amundsen, 1925

01.01.1925 - Norwegian arctic explorer Roals Amundsen (1872-1928). [XPAEXPORTID000005]
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Roald Amundsen, 1912

01.01.1912 - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Roald Amundsen, 1926

01.01.1926 - Roald Amundsen (born 1872, missing since 18.06.1928), Norwegian Arctic explorer. [XPAEXPORTID000005]
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Roald Amundsen, 1912

09.10.1912 - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Luftschiff Anlegemast für Amundsen Ellsworth 1926 Transpolarflug bei Ny...

30.07.2025 - Luftschiff Anlegemast für Amundsen Ellsworth 1926 Transpolarflug bei Ny Alesund, Oscar II Land, Kongsfjorden, Spitzbergen, Norwegen
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Roald Amundsen, 1872 1928, Büste des berühmten Entdeckers im Polarmuseum, Tromso, Norwegen, Europa

30.06.2016 - Roald Amundsen, 1872 1928, Büste des berühmten Entdeckers im Polarmuseum, Tromso, Norwegen, Europa
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Richard E. Byrd, Lincoln Ellsworth and Roald Amundsen, 1926

03.07.1926 - The two polar aviators Richard Evelyn Byrd (left) and Lincoln Ellsworth (middle) meet the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen on board the ship 'SS Bergensfjord', with which Am...
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Gedenktafel für den Transpolarflug von Amundsen Ellsworth 1926 bei Ny...

30.07.2025 - Gedenktafel für den Transpolarflug von Amundsen Ellsworth 1926 bei Ny Alesund, Oscar II Land, Kongsfjorden, Spitzbergen, Norwegen
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Roald Amundsen. Norwegischer Polarforscher. 1872 1928...

15.07.1926 - Roald Amundsen. Norwegischer Polarforscher. 1872 1928. Hier in Oslo feiern Krähen am 15. Juli 1926 seine Rückkehr, nachdem er mit dem Luftschiff Norge erfolgreich über den Nordpol...
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Roald Amundsen zwischen Häusern, Ny-Alesund, Spitzbergen, Svalbard

16.06.2025 - Roald Amundsen zwischen Häusern, Ny-Alesund, Spitzbergen, Svalbard
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Lincoln Ellsworth and Roald Amundsen, 1926

03.07.1926 - The American polar aviator Lincoln Ellsworth (left) and the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen with an American flag. The two explorers flew with the airship "Norge" over the...
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Roald Amundsen in Berlin, 1925

01.01.1925 - The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (with bowler) in Berlin. [XPAEXPORTID000005]
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Airship "Norge" before its transfer from Rome to Spitzbergen, 1926
Wreck of the airship "Norge"
Roald Amundsen, 1925
Alter Luftschiffmast zum Ankern für das Luftschiff Norge von Umberto Nobile, Nordpol-Expedition von Roald Amundsen, Ny-Ålesund, Insel Spitzbergen, Inselgruppe Spitzbergen, Svalbard und Jan Mayen, Norwegen, Europa
The airship "Norge" after the flight over the north pole, 1926
Roald Amundsen, 1912
Alter Luftschiffmast zum Ankern für das Luftschiff Norge von Umberto Nobile, Nordpol-Expedition von Roald Amundsen, Ny-Ålesund, Insel Spitzbergen, Inselgruppe Spitzbergen, Svalbard und Jan Mayen, Norwegen, Europa
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen, 1912

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