First Explorers Reach South Pole

This Day in History First Group of Explorers Reaches South Pole (1911) Norwegian explorer

Roald Amundsen had been planning for a trip to the North Pole until he heard that someone had

beaten him to it. Instead, he and his team set sail for Antarctica. There,

they spent nearly a year preparing for the final two-month trek that made them the first people

to reach the South Pole. With good equipment and plenty of sled dogs,

the team was extremely well prepared compared to other polar expeditions of the day, some of which ended

badly. How was their clothing better? More