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

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

Pictured is a view of the South Pole. Photo by NOAA on Unsplash Karen Kyllesø accomplished the feat overnight between Monday and Tuesday, 114 years after fellow Norwegian and polar explorer Roald ...

The first of the plaques recalls the Belgian Antarctic Expedition ... his crew that included Roald Amundsen (who 14 years later would be the first man to reach the South Pole), US explorer ...