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# Amundsen's Snowshoes
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/episode/amundsens-showshoes-ow4xew/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:58:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-10T11:08:21.000Z
- Description: The 1900s saw Seattle play an important role in one of history’s greatest explorations.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, Season 6, Episode 2, #ZZZ_Episode_fa791aaf-c2b6-4f43-a50e-6cffab1ab6ec, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.16

Norwegian Roald Amundsen was perhaps the greatest star of the so-called “golden age” of Arctic and Antarctic exploration and he used Seattle as a base for his efforts in the Arctic. And he left artifacts behind: parts of the airship and, at the National Nordic Museum, his snowshoes, are relics of his expedition.