The first conqueror of the South Pole was Roald Amundsen, who led a Norwegian expedition in December 1911. Karen Kyllesoe's expedition is a reminder of the long history of heroic polar journeys ...

They had lost the race to the South Pole to Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team ... so he joined an Antarctic expedition in 1899. He was appointed as the commander and led a team ...

Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat overnight between Monday and Tuesday, 114 years after fellow Norwegian and polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.

I set out in 1911 to be the first person to reach the South Pole. I knew that Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen ... with everything I needed for the expedition. We had problems right away.

In the early hours of May 12, 1926, the navigator of the Norge cried “Here we are!” The airship had reached the North Pole.

To tie the whole thing together, Kyllesø reached the geographic South Pole on January 14, exactly 114 years after "Norwegian polar hero," Roald Amundsen became the first person to hoist the ...

The team of four women - Ann Bancroft, Sunniva Sorby, Sue Giller, Anne Dal Vera - at the South Pole in 1993 ... explorers like Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott, and, before them ...

Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat overnight between Monday and Tuesday, 114 years after fellow Norwegian and polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.