The South Pole (1912) An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic
Expedition (1910-1912) - the first expedition to reach the
geographic South Pole led by the Norwegian explorer Roald
Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole on 14 December
1911, five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon
Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Amundsen and his
team returned safely to their base, and later learned that Scott
and his four companions had died on their return journey. No
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