The Great race was between Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen. Amundsen won. He won by two weeks. At 3 p.m. on Friday December the 14th 1911 the party arrived at the South Pole. They had been concerned that Scott may have beaten them to the prize. They erected a small tent and placed inside it a letter and then set off back to their winter base. They arrived 39 days later with all five men and 11 dogs "hale and hearty". The party that had reached the South Pole first was: Roald Amundsen
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Amundesun won and Scott died on the way back.
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Amundesun won and Scott died on the way back.
Roald Admundson won the Great Race by two weeks
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amundsan won the great race by a few days
The great race to Antarctica began in 1910. It was lead by Ronald Amundsen and Robert Scott. Amundsen won by two weeks.
It won him support in the south.
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Captain Robert Falcon Scott won Great Britain the prize for being the first to reach the south pole in 1910.
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Roald Amundsen on December 14, 1911.
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The Great Race won the Oscar for Sound Editing in 1965.