I am looking for a quotation by Roald Amundsen to the effect that man
must explore new places in order to have dominion over nature.  I saw
the quote on the web with a picture of Amundsen's face in his parka,
but I cannot seem to find it again. I need an exact quote, a short
one, that shows Amundsen's man over nature idea.

kathan --

Your description of the image that accompanied the quote you are
seeking is a good clue, but I have been unable to find it.  Maybe
another researcher will succeed.

The best I have able to do is the following quote, which is unlikely
to be what you are looking for because it is not particularly short
and, most important, because it is about Amundsen, not uttered by him.
 Rather, it from the introduction (by Fridtjof Nansen) to "The South
Pole -An Account Of The Norwegian Antarctic Expedition THE "Fram"
(1910 -- 1912) - Volume I," by Roald Amundsen (as archived by the
Gutenberg Project):

"Suddenly a bright spring day cuts through the bank of fog. There is a
new message. People stop again and look up. High above them shines a
deed, a man. A wave of joy runs through the souls of men; their eyes
are bright as the flags that wave about them.

"Why? On account of the great geographical discoveries, the important
scientific results? Oh no; that will come later, for the few
specialists. This is something all can understand. A victory of human
mind and human strength over the dominion and powers of Nature; a deed
that lifts us above the grey monotony of daily life; a view over
shining plains, with lofty mountains against the cold blue sky, and
lands covered by ice-sheets of inconceivable extent; a vision of
long-vanished glacial times; the triumph of the living over the
stiffened realm of death. There is a ring of steeled, purposeful human
will -- through icy frosts, snowstorms, and death."

http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/travel/southpole1/chapter3.html


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