Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the first man ever to reach the South Pole, had set his sights on crossing over the North Pole in a dirigible. On May 9, 1926, Byrd made another attempt.

The writer of this terse diary entry was Roald ... of his South Pole success, Amundsen's last quest belies the workmanlike image imposed upon him, revealing instead a very human man.

I’m Robert Falcon Scott. I set out in 1911 to be the first person to reach the South Pole. I knew that Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, also wanted to get their first.

Amundsen, who is a national hero in Norway, led the first successful expedition to the South Pole from 1910 to 1912. He is also credited with being the first person to reach both the North and ...

They had lost the race to the South Pole to Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team ... Still, at least he was the first British explorer to reach the South Pole. But since the mission ...

Roald Amundsen’s dream of reaching ... While he wins the race against Robert Scott to becomes the first man ever to conquer the South Pole, Amundsen will sacrifice everything to be the first ...

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen famously beat Britain's Captain Robert Scott to the South Pole in 1911, becoming the first man to reach it. But his later attempt for the North Pole was not as ...