Word: amundsen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Russians drove to the Pole last season, but they can be carried in airplanes and therefore can start explorations from any smooth stretch of ice. Another major U.S. effort will be an attempt by the icebreakers Glacier and Staten Island to smash their way to the coast of the Amundsen Sea. Because of dense pack ice, no ship has ever crossed this sea, and the land behind its defenses is as mysterious as any place in the world...