How Roald Amundsen Became The First Man To Reach The South Pole In the summer of 1910, Roald Amundsen set out on what he said was an expedition to the North Pole with his ship Fram.

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.

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Climate Change Why Is the South Pole’s Warming Trend One of the Strongest?

Named after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is the southernmost year-round research station in the world and operated by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen visited Butte in April 1908. At the time he was most renowned as the first to lead a traverse of the Northwest Passage by ship, completed in 1906 with a crew of six ...

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 ...

When difficult times surface, will you be prepared? In 1911, two captains embarked on a perilous journey to the South Pole—one led by Robert Falcon Scott and the other by Roald Amundsen.