Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led the team that first set foot at the South Pole during December 1911. They erected a tent at the pole after spending about a week verifying their location using celestial navigation skills. Atop the tent, they mounted a Norwegian flag.
It is not documented exactly who mounted the flag on the tent.
A Norwegian team first reached the South Pole during December 1911.
A Norwegian, Erling Kagge made the first solo journey to the South Pole in 1993.
Sir Earnest Shackleton never made it to the South Pole. The first team to reach the pole was led by the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen.
Scott raced Roald Amunsden, Amunsden got to the South Pole first.
The Norwegian, Roald Amundsen led the team that first stepped on the South Pole. No document exists as to which team member was 'first'.
There are no plants at the south pole.
There is no 'lush plant growth' anywhere near the South Pole.
Amundsen and his team were first to sail between Greenland and Alaska by way of the Northwest Passage. Years later, he also lead the team to be the first humans to set foot at the South Pole.
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The first men to reach the South Pole was the Norvegien explorer ROALD ENGELBREGT.
liv arnesen was the first women to reach the south pole in 1994...she is a Norwegian.
Sir James Clark Ross was the first British person to the south pole.
A Norwegian team first reached the South Pole during December 1911.
No one that we know of. There were famous first expeditions to the North Pole OR the South Pole, and famous first trips around the world. But no-one ever had the idea that anything of interest could be discovered by travelling from the North Pole to the South Pole
A Norwegian, Erling Kagge made the first solo journey to the South Pole in 1993.
Sir Earnest Shackleton never made it to the South Pole. The first team to reach the pole was led by the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen.
Pole-ish. (sorry!)