I've never gone through the Northwest Passage, but the people in my screenname have!
'Roald' is the first name of the famous Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen, who was the first man to command a ship which went through the Northwest passage. He also commanded the first expedition to reach the South Pole.
'Larsen' is the second* name of Henry Larsen, the second man to command a ship through the Northwest Passage, and the first to go through in two directions. He was a Norwegian-born RCMP officer who commanded the RCMP schooner St. Roch. He was the first to go through West to East and the first to go through in both directions. The St. Roch later became the first ship to circumnavigate North America.
*Well, actually it's his third name. His full name was Henry Asbjörn Larsen.
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