All of Amundsen's team members were Norwegian.
The North Pole lies in the Arctic, the South Pole is in the Antarctic. So it'd be impossible to reach North Pole in Antarctic, since it isn't there.
The First men to reach both Poles on foot, were Charlie Burton and Ranulph Fiennes as part of the Transglobe expedition of 1979/82.
A Norwegian team first reached the South Pole during December 1911.
Because he want to make the british proud
No, as he only flew over it in the airship 'Norge'. This does not count as an attainment of a pole. Even though some people seem to think that it does, and give Amundsen the credit of being first person to both poles.
The North Pole lies in the Arctic, the South Pole is in the Antarctic. So it'd be impossible to reach North Pole in Antarctic, since it isn't there.
Pole-ish. (sorry!)
Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the south pole.
The first person to reach the south pole was Roald Amudsen
Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian Explorer was the first person to reach South pole.
The First men to reach both Poles on foot, were Charlie Burton and Ranulph Fiennes as part of the Transglobe expedition of 1979/82.
Robert Falcon Scott reached the south pole 36 days after Roald Amundsen.
The first men to reach the South Pole was the Norvegien explorer ROALD ENGELBREGT.
The first person to reach the North Pole is disputed, but Robert Peary and Matthew Henson were recognized for reaching the North Pole in 1909. Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the geographic South Pole in 1911. Sir Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909 did not attempt to reach the North Pole.
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.
No doubt, that there may have been other Irish persons that may have worked at the Scott Base, but the record books show that Mike Barry was the first Irishman to get to the South Pole manhauling his own supplies from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole in 2004.Other notable Irish firsts include Mark Pollock, who was the first Blind person to walk to the South Pole in 2009, and Clare O'Leary, who was the first Irish woman to reach the South Pole, in 2008 when she was a member of the first all Irish team to reach the Pole.
Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole in 1911 was the first successful one to reach the pole. This achievement solidified his place in history as the first person to reach the South Pole. It also showcased Norway's prowess in polar exploration.