Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition
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The Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition was a 1926 polar venture led by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Umberto Nobile that achieved the first verified crossing of the Arctic Ocean by airship.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition Context triple: [North Pole, hasFirstAircraftOverflightExpedition, Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition]
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Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean
The Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean was Fridtjof Nansen’s pioneering late-19th-century polar voyage that used a specially designed ship to drift with the pack ice in an attempt to reach the North Pole and advance scientific understanding of the Arctic.
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Ralph Plaisted expedition
The Ralph Plaisted expedition was a 1968 snowmobile journey that became widely recognized as the first confirmed over-ice surface expedition to reach the geographic North Pole.
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Polish Andes Expedition
The Polish Andes Expedition was a pioneering mid-20th-century Polish mountaineering team known for major first ascents in the Andes, including the world’s highest volcano, Ojos del Salado.
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Robert E. Peary
Robert E. Peary was an American Arctic explorer best known for leading the 1909 expedition that claimed to be the first to reach the geographic North Pole.
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Bellingshausen Station
Bellingshausen Station is a Russian Antarctic research base located on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition Target entity description: The Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition was a 1926 polar venture led by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Umberto Nobile that achieved the first verified crossing of the Arctic Ocean by airship.
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A.
Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean
The Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean was Fridtjof Nansen’s pioneering late-19th-century polar voyage that used a specially designed ship to drift with the pack ice in an attempt to reach the North Pole and advance scientific understanding of the Arctic.
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B.
Ralph Plaisted expedition
The Ralph Plaisted expedition was a 1968 snowmobile journey that became widely recognized as the first confirmed over-ice surface expedition to reach the geographic North Pole.
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C.
Polish Andes Expedition
The Polish Andes Expedition was a pioneering mid-20th-century Polish mountaineering team known for major first ascents in the Andes, including the world’s highest volcano, Ojos del Salado.
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D.
Robert E. Peary
Robert E. Peary was an American Arctic explorer best known for leading the 1909 expedition that claimed to be the first to reach the geographic North Pole.
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E.
Bellingshausen Station
Bellingshausen Station is a Russian Antarctic research base located on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition Description of subject: The Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition was a 1926 polar venture led by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Umberto Nobile that achieved the first verified crossing of the Arctic Ocean by airship.
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American financier Lincoln Ellsworth
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