Well Wikipedia says that it was 33 days, but a film on you tube i saw in school said 21 days.
Roald Admunsen beat Scott by over a month. 34 days to be exact.
34 days. Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole first on 14th of December, 1911. Amundsen reported that he saw no sign of Scott. Scott reached the South Pole on 17th of January, 1912, acknowledging in his diary that Amundsen had got there a month earlier.
Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, beat Robert Falcon Scott in the race to the South Pole in 1912. Amundsen and his team arrived at the pole on December 14, 1911, while Scott's team reached it on January 17, 1912, only to discover they had been beaten.
Robert Falcon Scott reached the south pole 36 days after Roald Amundsen.
The first man to reach the South Pole was Roald Amundsen, who along with his team, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting reached the South Pole on December 14th 1911, some 35 days before Robert Scott's ill fated team.
Do you mean why was he trying to go to Antarctica? Well, he went to Antarctica because he was racing Roald Amundsen. When Robert Falcon Scott arrived at Antarctica he sooner realized that Rolad Amundsen left Antarctica 34 days before.
Robert Scott, the ill-fated explorer who raced to reach the South Pole, againt Roald Amundsen. Amundsen reached the Pole 35 days before Scott, and Scott's team perished on the return trip.Robert Falcon Scott, CVO (6 June 1868 - c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions.
Ronald Amundsen was the first man to get to antarctica. Robert Scott came 33 days laterRoald Amudsen was the first man to reach the south poleAnother AnswerThe Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, led a team of four to the South Pole, and they spent about a week there verifying their position. They took sun sightings with both theodolites and sextants to be accurate. There is no documentation as to which team member was 'first'.Roald Amundsen and his team were the first persons to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911, beating Scotts team by 35 days. Roald Amundsens team consisted of Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, Oscar Wisting and Roald AmundsenNorwegian Roald Amundsen led a five-man team that reached the South Pole on 14th of December, 1911. His team arrived 35 days before British Captain Robert Falcon Scott's group. Amundsen's team left a small tent and a letter giving the coordinates to Amundsen's South Pole camp.Another AnswerNorwegian Roald Amundsen led the team that first identified their position as 90 degrees S. There is no notation in his records or journals as to which of his team was 'first'.The team spent about a week in the location, verifying their position using celestial navigational tools, including a sextant and a theodolite.On 14 December 1911, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South pole.His team arrived merely 35 days before British Robert Scott's group.They left a small tent and a letter stating their accomplishment, in case they did not return safely.He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles.
Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott both explored Antarctica at the same time in 1911. Amundsen was aware of Scott's objective, but Scott was not aware that Amundsen was right behind him. Roald Amundsen got there first on 14th of December, 1911. Amundsen reported that he saw no sign of Scott. Scott reached the South Pole on 17th of January, 1912, acknowledging in his diary that Amundsen had got there a month earlier. The last members of the Scott expedition was found dead by a relief party two years later in 1913.
Scott
Hate to tell you this, but Richard Evelyn Byrd arrived at Antarctica some 17 years after Roald Amundsen had reached the South Pole. Byrd's first expedition to the South Pole happened in 1928, Amundsen had beaten Scott to the Pole in 1911.
James Scott is engaged to model Meyghan Hill. He has no children.