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Remembering the first expedition to the South Pole
Dec 14, 2016
12:50 pm
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14 December, 1911 was the first time an expedition successfully reached the South Pole.
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and four others were the first to make it; the journey marked the first exploration by humans of the hostile conditions in Antarctica.
Five weeks later, a British party led by explorer Robert Falcon Scott also reached the pole, but died on the return journey.
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