Tampa Bay Times13y
What Scott learned on his fatal trek to the South Pole
It was a treacherous route across ... While Amundsen spent all his time preparing for a lightning-fast dash to the South Pole once the summer began in November, Scott was busy launching scientific ...
BBC14d
What was the Race to the South Pole?
How do you do, Ollie? I’m Robert Falcon Scott. I set out in 1911 to be the first person to reach the South Pole. I knew that Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer ...
National Geographic news5y
The Man Who Took the Prize
Now he was at the opposite end of the world, in the Antarctic, aiming for the most prestigious prize the world of exploration still offered: the South Pole ... Falcon Scott. Amundsen was keenly ...
MercoPress13y
Centennial of Amundsen and Scott’s South Pole feat next 14 December
preparing for a repeat of the South Pole feat on 14 December 1911 first accomplished by explorer Roald Amundsen and a month later by Sir Robert Scott. According to a piece in La Prensa Austral ...
MercoPress12y
Ship linked to Captain Scott’s failed South Pole expedition found off Greenland
On arriving at the geographical South Pole in January 1912, Scott and his party discovered they had been beaten to it by a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen. The polar team led by Scott died on ...
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Chilean president makes historic trip to South Pole
Chile's President Gabriel Boric has become the first leader in the Americas to visit the South Pole, after arriving at a US base there. The president said his visit to the Amundsen-Scott South ...
CBS News1mon
21-year-old Norwegian woman becomes youngest person to reach South Pole on skis, her team says
On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the geographic South Pole, part of a tragic race against Britain's Robert Scott who died of exhaustion and cold on the return ...
Forbes1mon
In 1993, Four Women Skied Nearly 700 Miles To The South Pole. Today, You Can Travel With One Of Them To Antarctica
The team of four women - Ann Bancroft, Sunniva Sorby, Sue Giller, Anne Dal Vera - at the South Pole in 1993 ... like Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott, and, before them, James ...
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Woman, 21, becomes youngest person to reach South Pole on skis
On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the geographic South Pole, part of a tragic race against Britain's Robert Scott who died of exhaustion and cold on the return ...
Tuoi Tre news1mon
Norwegian 21-year-old becomes youngest to reach South Pole
On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the geographic South Pole, part of a tragic race against Britain's Robert Scott who died of exhaustion and cold on the return ...