Longtime Alaskan and Soldotna resident Hans "Roald" Amundsen died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, at Heritage Place in Soldotna. He was 94. Arrangements are pending with Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.

...Unlike Martin's bird, these planes had to wing-it all the way and, in fact, made the round trip. Explorer Roald Amundsen brought planes by ship to Wainright in 1922. He hoped to become the first to fly over the North Pole, but his pilot...

...of Egegik, Tananna and Talkeetna before they went to MARC. They were the first family to join the founder, H. Roald Amundsen, at MARC. "Dave has flown thousands of hours in Alaska serving his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Many on the...

...powered boat. ''I'm impressed,'' said Dyson. ''I don't know of any explorers who have done that.'' Roald Amundsen traversed the Northwest Passage in a converted, motorized shrimper in 1934, Dyson said, but that is far different...