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by gregtaleck 2731 days ago
Scott and Amundsen

"The race to the South Pole, 1911. In 1911, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen went head to head to be the first to reach the South Pole. In the early 20th century, the race was on to reach the South Pole, with a number of explorers setting out to claim it for their own."

https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/race-south-pole-1911