robert falcon scott, the most well known of all of the explorers, wanted to be the first man to reach the south pole. at the same time, another team from norway lead by roald amundsen started. they both raced each other to the south pole, but in the end amundsen won because he had made a good use of his sleigh dogs. scott had used ponies and motor sleds, but when he got to the south pole he found a message from amundsen, showing that he had beaten scott.