These snowshoes belonged to the American, Lincoln Ellsworth. They were part of his gear used on the 1926 expedition with the airship Norge. The snowshoes were manufactured by Abercrombie & Fitch Co. in New York, which was a major supplier of expedition equipment at that time.
Roald Amundsen’s snowshoes from the Norge-expedition are today a part of the collection of
The National Nordic Museum, Seattle, USA.
Ellsworth using the snowshoes before the departure with the airship Norge, 1926. Photo: The Norwegian Polar Institute/ National Library
Ellsworth carrying the snowshoes on board the airship Norge, 1926. Photo: The Norwegian Polar Institute/ National Library
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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
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
