Arctic explorer's photos on display in Iqaluit
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Posted: Feb 4, 2012 4:12 PM CST
Last Updated: Feb 4, 2012 4:00 PM CST
Brian Lunger, manager of the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum, and Geir Kløver, director of the Fram Museum in Norway, look at an exhibit of photographs by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on display in Iqaluit until March. (Cici Fan/CBC)
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An exhibit of photos taken by famed Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen opened at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit this week.
Amundsen was the first person to sail through the Northwest Passage and the first person to make it to the South Pole.
The Norwegian explorer spent two years in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, starting in 1903, and developed a close connection with the people there.
Geir Kløver, the director of the Fram Museum in Norway, has been travelling with the exhibition. Last year in Gjoa Haven he gave the community copies of the century-old photos.
They generated a lot of interest, and some laughter.
"They could even recognize some of the features, that this must be the great-grandfather of this and this. And we laughed," he said. "They knew a surprising lot about the photos even if they've never seen them before."
Brian Lunger, manager of the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum, says people in Iqaluit will enjoy learning about their history through Amundsen's eyes.
“People love photographs, especially old photographs. People will be fascinated by them, I'm sure."
The exhibit will be on display in Iqaluit until March.
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