100 Years since Amundsen beat Scott to the pole. Dec. 18, 2011 — -- On December 14, 1911, a five-man Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen became the first explorers to reach the South Pole.

“Curating Amundsen – Rethinking a biography” is the title of a talk at the school by Anders Bache, who “lives and breathes ...

Roald Amundsen's South Pole Journey is a Norwegian documentary film that features Roald Amundsen's original footage from his South Pole expedition from 1910 to 1912.

OSLO (Reuters) - Six ski teams set off on an international race to the South Pole on Sunday, nearly a century after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen beat Britain's Robert Scott to reach it, ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Frostbite and hundreds of miles of icy crevasses pose timeless dangers in a new international race to the South Pole nearly a century after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen beat ...

Editor's Note: This archival story was first published on June 30, 2021. MOORHEAD — When new students come to Concordia College in Moorhead, they’ll get the grand tour from the dorms to the dining ...

In 1910, two explorers—Roald Amundsen of Norway and Robert Falcon Scott of Britain—set out to conquer the last untouched frontier on Earth: the South Pole. What began as a race for glory ended in ...

In December 1911, Norwegian Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, along with four companions, race against the English to become ...

Captain Roald Amundsen, South Pole discoverer, who was frustrated by airplane defects in his attempt to fly across the North Pole from Alaska last Summer (TIME, June 18, 25), will try again next year, ...

Julian Sancton’s “Madhouse at the End of the Earth” details Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery’s effort to explore Antarctica, and all of the ways it went wrong. By NICOLE CLIFFE This overstuffed trek ...

Thanks to a growing body of Antarctic research, scientists are beginning to understand what journeys on the coldest continent ...

Launched in 2019, the Roald Amundsen is the first of two hybrid ships Hurtigruten is adding to its fleet. The ship, named for the Norwegian polar pioneer who was the first person in the world to plant ...