How: In 1899, Amundsen became a sea captain himself and organized an expedition to go to the North Magnetic Pole. Amundsen sailed from Oslo, Norway, around the south of Greenland, through Baffin Bay, and on to King William Island. In 1904, Amundsen and his small crew continued on to the North Magnetic Pole, which had moved 30 miles. This was the first time that anyone had realized that the magnetic poles do indeed move. The ship reached Nome, Alaska, in September, 1906. Amundsen was treated as a hero. On the historic trip, only one crew member had died. In 1910, Amundsen sailed for Antarctica, intending to be the first person to make it to the South Pole.
