Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting in front of the tent erected at the South Pole, December 16, 1911, photograph by Olav Bjaaland.

Before long, his adventurous eye fell on a new conquest — the South Pole. How Roald Amundsen Became The First Man To Reach The South Pole. In the summer of 1910, Roald Amundsen set out on what ...

On December 14, 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his British rival, Robert Falcon Scott.

Scientists and support personnel from the U.S. Antarctic Program at the Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole took part in the ceremony, and stressed the occasion was a special day not ...

Polar adventurers, scientists and the prime minister of Norway gathered at the bottom of the world Wednesday to mark the 100th anniversary of explorer Roald Amundsen becoming the first to reach ...

One hundred years ago today, Roald Amundsen reached the south pole riding on a dogsled. But if you wanted to accomplish the same feat today, how would you do it? We called modern-day south pole ...

CHRISTIANA, Norway, March 7, 1912 (UP) -- In a special this evening the Newspaper Social Demokrater announces that it has received a private cable stating that Captain Roald Amundsen succeeded in ...

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 ...