The Roald Amundsen Memorial by

Sigvald Asbjørnsen Sigvald Asbjørnsen (August 20, 1867 – September 8, 1954) was a Norwegian-born American sculptor. Background Sigvald Asbjørnsen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. Asbjørnsen studied art with Mathias Skeibrok (1851–1896) and Jul ...

is installed in

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Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, United States, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. It is administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the development ...

, in the U.S. state of

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. It honours Norwegian polar explorer

Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; ; 16 July 1872 – ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen bega ...

, the first person to the South Pole.

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