Photo, Amundsen meets aircraft specialists in Washington 1922
Objectnumber: RA 0352
Length: 37.3 cm
Width: 30.0 cm
Materials: glass, wood, paper
The photo is taken March 31st 1922 in front of the War Department in Washington.
From the left: Roald Amundsen, General Mitchell, Lieutenant Hawkins and engineer John M. Larsen
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1872
Roald Amundsen born July 16
1880
Starts at Otto Andersen’s School
1886
Jens Engebreth Amundsen dies
1887 – 1889
Polar interest aroused
1893
Gustava Amundsen (née. Sahlqvist) dies
1893
Mountain ski tour with Urdahl and Holst
1894
Hunting in Arctic waters with the Magdalena
1895
Ship’s Officer’s exam
1896
Hardangervidda with Leon
1897 – 1899
Belgica expedition
1899
Cycling from Christiania to Paris
1900
Studying geomagnetism in Hamburg
1903 – 1906
Gjøa expedition
1907
Polar bears as draft animals
1908
Amundsen buys Uranienborg
1909
The North Pole reached?
1910 – 1912
Fram expedition
1914
Amundsen becomes a pilot
1916 – 1917
The polar ship Maud is being built
1922
Nita and Camilla move in
1922
Photo, Amundsen meets aircraft specialists in Washington 1922
1923
Uranienborg for sale
1924
Amundsen goes bankrupt
1927
Lecture tour in Japan
1934 – 1935
Uranienborg becomes a museum
1938
Betty’s house burns down
2015
A chest full of photographs is discovered
2020
Roald Amundsen’s home goes digital
