Roald Amundsen Born 1872-07-16 Died 1928-06-18 He led the first successful land expedition to the South Pole in 1911 and the first air expedition to the North Pole in 1926. Created 2003-07-12 by Pete. Last modified 2015-11-04 by Pete Quotes (1) "The victory of human kind over Nature is not that of brute force alone, but also that of the spirit." - Roald Amundsen