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Sir Earnest Shackleton trekked to the pole and turned back at 89 degrees S -- never making it to the South Pole. This was accomplished during the Discovery Expedition in 1901-1904.

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How long did it take Scott of the antarctic to reach the south pole?

Robert Falcon Scott led the Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole and reached the pole on January 17, 1912. However, he discovered that a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had beaten him to the pole by a month. Scott and his team tragically perished on their return journey.


How long after Richard Byrd did Roald Amundsen reach the South Pole?

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.


How long did it take Sir Robert Falcon Scott to get to the South Pole?

Sir Robert Falcon Scott and his team arrived at the South Pole on January 17, 1912, after a 2-month journey from their base camp on the coast of Antarctica. Tragically, they discovered that they had been beaten to the Pole by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition.


How long did it take Captain Robert Falcon Scott get to the South Pole?

Captain Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole on January 17, 1912, after a journey that took him and his team about two and a half months. They faced extreme weather conditions and ultimately arrived to find that the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had beaten them to the pole.


How long did it take Robert falcon Scott to get to the south pole?

Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole on January 17, 1912 after a grueling journey that took approximately two and a half months. Tragically, he and his team perished on the return journey due to extreme weather conditions and lack of supplies.

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How long did Shackleton's Antarctic expedition take?

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How long did Sir Walter Raleigh survive in the South Pole?

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When the north pole is tilted towards the sun and the south pole away from the sun what do the people do in south pole?

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How long are the hours in a day in the south pole?

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How long did falcon Scott take to get to the south pole?

It took him two years and two days to reach the pole.


How long after did the first person to reach the south pole did the second person?

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How long does it take form the US to the south pole?

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