Oh, dude, that's a wild one! So, technically, the first reported finding of coal near the South Pole was by a British expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1909. Like, they were probably just strolling around, looking for penguins or something, and stumbled upon some coal beds. Can you imagine finding coal in such a chilly spot? Like, talk about a hidden gem!
A Norwegian team first reached the South Pole during December 1911.
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.
Sir Earnest Shackleton never made it to the South Pole. The first team to reach the pole was led by the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen.
The Norwegian, Roald Amundsen led the team that first stepped on the South Pole. No document exists as to which team member was 'first'.
Scott raced Roald Amunsden, Amunsden got to the South Pole first.
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The first person who reported seeing fossils of leaves and stems of plants was Hartley Ferrar. The person who reported finding beds of coal near the South Pole was Ernest Shackleton.
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.
The first men to reach the South Pole was the Norvegien explorer ROALD ENGELBREGT.
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
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.
Sir Earnest Shackleton never made it to the South Pole. The first team to reach the pole was led by the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen.
Norway was the first Scandinavian country to fly its flag at the South Pole. Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, led the first successful expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911.
liv arnesen was the first women to reach the south pole in 1994...she is a Norwegian.
Pole-ish. (sorry!)