Roald Amundsen a Norwegian explorer led the first expedition to
reach the south pole. His crew of five members reached south
pole on 14-12-1911. Amundsen initially planned to conquer North
Pole and raised funds for that purpose. But in 1909 two American
explorers claimed that they have reached the north pole, so he
changed his plan and prepared for a south pole expedition. He
kept his change of plan as secret and even when he set out in
june 1910 most people believed he is heading for a north pole
expedition. Amundsen’s crew are experts in use of sledge dogs
which helped them to advance rapidly. During the same time a
British explorer named Scott also led his team of five to south
pole expedition. Although Amundsen’s party reached the south
pole five weeks ahead of scott’s team. After successfully
reaching the south pole, Amundsen’s team returned back to their
base safely but later they came to know that Scott’s and his
crew died on their journey. Inspite of the successful completion
of his south pole expedit