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.
After Douglas Mawson, Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott went to Antarctica
Amundsen's first expedition to Antarctica took place in 1897 when he joined the Belgian Antarctic Expedition as First Mate. This was the first expedition to over-winter in Antarctica.
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.
He went in the southern hemisphere's Summer.
Amundsen was a successful explorer who wanted to be first. At the time, Amundsen had already been to Antarctica, and had been part of the crew that first wintered-over in Antarctica, on a ship in 1899. Although there had been attempts to reach the South Pole in subsequent years, this benchmark had not yet been met. So in 1910, Amundsen prepared for a polar journey, and en route, notified his crew -- and his competitor, Captain Scott -- that he was headed for Antarctica. All assumptions were that he went there to be the first to set foot at the South Pole
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.
Roald Amundsen was the first to reach the south pole, beating Scott. He came from Norway.
Roald Amundsen and his team were the first to reach the south pole, and that's the most southerly point in the entire world.
Ronald never went. But his cousin, RoaldEngelbregt Gravning Amundsen,was present on two Antarctic expeditions, including the one he led to thesouth pole in December, 1911.
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.
Roald Dahl went to a school called Repton
Amundsen began exploring when he was 21 years old, and he died exploring. It was his life-long career to explore and witness wild and exotic polar locations on Earth. For example, in 1909 there was news that North Pole was already achieved, so Roald Amundsen was focused on leading the team to be the first humans to set foot at the South Pole.