Remembering the first expedition to the South Pole
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Dec 14, 2016, 12:50 pm
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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