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From a young age, Roald Amundsen dreamed of exploring the world and habitually slept with his windows open — even during ...
They had lost the race to the South Pole to Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team. Amundsen made it to the southernmost point on the planet about a month before Scott and his crew.
An explorer who went to the South Pole, Robert Falcon Scott ... Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, also wanted to get their first. The race was on. FATIMA: That sounds ...
Robert Falcon Scott (far left) and his crew at the South Pole in January 1912 Public domain ... Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team had beaten the British Terra Nova Expedition by ...
In 1910, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott ... South Pole. He had competition. Ernest Shackleton had come within 100 miles of the pole the previous year, and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen ...
The Chilean president's schedule included visits to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and Chile's research facilities on the continent. The Chilean government said in a news release that the ...
Michelle Endo, 32, originally from San Francisco, is about to complete a year living at the South Pole. She has been working as the hospitality manager at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station as ...
And so, every New Year's Day the words of Amundsen and Scott, inscribed as epitaphs at the geographic South Pole, are ceremonially moved to the newly measured, precise bottom of the earth.
On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the geographic South Pole, part of a tragic race against Britain's Robert Scott who died of exhaustion and cold on the return ...
Ben Fogle will relive the Antarctic journeys of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen as ... his journey to the South Pole in Endurance: Race To The Pole on Channel ...
Famously Captain Robert Scott's expedition to ... expedition was now also a race as a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen was now heading for the Pole. After a final stop in New Zealand the ...
From there, they made several stops before finally reaching the US-run Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, according to TVN. Chile is one of seven countries that has a territorial claim in ...