No that honour goes to Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal, on May 29th. 1953.
Roald Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole beating Robert Scott's team by a matter of days.
Wrong explorer - Roald Amundsen was in the antarctic and Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to reach the top of Mt Everest.
The South Pole, on December 14th 1911.
Roald Amundsen was their leader.
Roald Amundsen.
Roald Amundsen, Richard E, Byrd, and James Cook
A race to the south pole, between 2 explorers, whose names were: Roald Amundsen, and Captain Scott.
Roald Amundsen was the first person to Sail through the Northwest Passage.
310 miles! Sought by explorers for centuries as a possible trade route, it was first navigated by Roald Amundsen in 1903-1906. Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen was the first to sail through the Northwest Passage in 1903-1906.
Roald Amundsen explored the South Pole, and that is how he became famous.
Roald Amundsen trekked to the South Pole, and in fact, was the first human to do so.
Roald Amundsen was their leader.You can read more on Wikipedia:http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen's_South_Pole_expedition
Amundsen's full name was Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen.
Amundsen was first and foremost a polar explorer.
Roald Amundsen in 1903-1906