He went in the Southern Hemisphere's Summer.
Roald Amundsen trekked to the South Pole, and in fact, was the first human to do so.
Amundsen went to Antarctica to locate the South Pole. 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 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. The last members of the Scott expedition was found dead by a relief party two years later in 1913.
Both respective explorer teams left their native countries in 1910.
Roald Amundsen and his team were the first to reach the south pole, and that's the most southerly point in the entire world.
Robert Falcon Scott had left from Britain to go on his famous expedition to the south pole with Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen set out for Antarctica in 1910, and reached the Ross Ice Shelf in January 1911 at a point known as the Bay of Whales. After maintaining their base at the Bay of Whales during the winter months, Amundsen and four others departed for the South Pole in October 1911, reaching the Pole on 14 December 1911.
The news that Robert E. Peary had anticipated him in reaching the North Pole caused Amundsen to consider going south. He didcided to go south because that was were Robert E. was going to go next and Amudsen didnt want him to explore the north pole and Antarctica.
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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.
Roald Amundsen led several expeditions during his career as a polar explorer. He is most famous for being the first to reach the South Pole in 1911 during the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition. Amundsen also led the first successful expedition to navigate the Northwest Passage. In total, he participated in several significant expeditions throughout his lifetime.
Roald Amundsen
On Christmas Day 1911, Sir Robert Falcon Scott was in Antarctica. He was attempting to reach the South Pole during his ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition. He eventually reached the South Pole on January 17, 1912, only to find that Roald Amundsen had beaten him to it.