Before long, his adventurous eye fell on a new conquest — the South Pole. How Roald Amundsen Became The First Man To Reach The South Pole. In the summer of 1910, Roald Amundsen set out on what ...

Amundsen was sometimes called the 'Last Viking' for his international expeditions, including being the first person to visit the South Pole. He vanished on a 1928 rescue mission.

Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat 114 years after polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole. Latest U.S.

Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen visited Butte in April 1908. ... Amundsen set his sights southward and became the first to reach the South Pole in December 1911.

On June 9, 2025, NASA’s Terra satellite captured a breathtaking image of the Amundsen Gulf, where the seasonal breakup of sea ice is taking place. This iconic region, named after polar explorer ...