Milestone: Humans reach the South Pole
Date: Dec. 14, 1911
Where: Geographic South Pole, Antarctica
Who: Roald Amundsen and his crew
In 1910, a fierce competition began between Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and British captain Robert Falcon Scott. Each explorer wanted to be first to reach the geographic South Pole, thereby vanquishing the last unexplored continent on Earth. The race was destined to end in tragedy.
