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.
Mark Pollock - First Blind Man to Reach South Pole
It was Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian Explorer was the first person to reach South pole.
Matthew Henson
I take it you are asking about airplane landings. On Oct. 31, 1956, a U.S. Navy R4D airplane that had been christened Que Sera Sera, and piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Conrad C. 'Gus' Shinn, landed at the South Pole, becoming the first to land there.
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Matthew Henson, followed by four Eskimos pulling Robert Peary on a sled (his feet were frostbitten.) Henson out ran them all, becoming the first man in the world to reach the North Pole. Peary handed him the American Flag, which he planted at the site, in the snow.
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Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian Explorer was the first person to reach South pole.
he was the first man to reach the south-pole
Roald Amundsen and his team arrived at the south pole on December 14, 1911
Matthew Henson
The Norwegian, Roald Amundsen led the team that first stepped on the South Pole. No document exists as to which team member was 'first'.
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Robert Falcon Scott
I take it you are asking about airplane landings. On Oct. 31, 1956, a U.S. Navy R4D airplane that had been christened Que Sera Sera, and piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Conrad C. 'Gus' Shinn, landed at the South Pole, becoming the first to land there.
The first African-American to reach the North Pole.
The first undisputed sighting of the Pole was on May 12, 1926 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his American sponsor Lincoln Ellsworth from the airship Norge.In the strictest sense of attaining a pole, this does not count, as he never set foot there. Although some people credit Amundsen with being the first man to reach both poles.
Matthew Henson was the first African American to reach the north pole.