The Captain Roald Amundsen Circle
Located in Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, New York where Amboy Road, Clarke Avenue and Savoy Street join together
Named in honor of Captain Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen
July 16, 1872-June 18, 1928 (disappeared

This monument of Norwegian explorer Captain Roald Amundsen was acquired by the city in 1928 and then named on September 7, 1929. The boulder that the plate to memorialize this great explorer who led the first expedition to the South Pole was a boulder dropped
off from a glacier during the ice age when Captain Amundsen went on one of his exploration voyages. Captain Roald Amundsen was born on July 16, 1872 in Østfold, Norway. During an exploration the Captain disappeared and pronounced lost during exploration on June 18, 1928 at the age of 55. There is no known location where the captain disappeared or in fact when or if he died or how for that matter. Theinteresting part of this monument is that it is located at the top of Clark Avenue at the start of historic Richmondtown and is part of Richmondtowns guided tours. Historic Richmondtown is where during the Civil War one of the base of operations for the North’s army and where in fact the president at that time was Abraham Lincoln stayed often to oversee the troop activities of the North for their battle against the Confederates.
The park where the monument stands is also a venue for Earth Day among grammer schools through out the community where along with the monument there are other things to look at such as a garden on the south west area of the circle where a garden is.
This monument is where I take my guide dog Gibson for exercise and play time since it is not far from my house.