They had lost the race to the South Pole to Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team. Amundsen made it to the southernmost point on the planet about a month before Scott and his crew.

Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat overnight between Monday and Tuesday, 114 years after fellow Norwegian and polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.

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.

Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat overnight between Monday and Tuesday, 114 years after fellow Norwegian and polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.

In the early hours of May 12, 1926, the navigator of the Norge cried “Here we are!” The airship had reached the North Pole.

The first conqueror of the South Pole was Roald Amundsen, who led a Norwegian expedition in December 1911. Karen Kyllesoe's expedition is a reminder of the long history of heroic polar journeys ...

Karen Kylleso completed the feat late Monday, 114 years after fellow Norwegian and polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole. Born on May 9, 2003, she covered the 1 ...

To tie the whole thing together, Kyllesø reached the geographic South Pole on January 14, exactly 114 years after "Norwegian polar hero," Roald Amundsen became the first person to hoist the ...

Pictured is a view of the South Pole. Photo by NOAA on Unsplash Karen Kyllesø accomplished the feat overnight between Monday and Tuesday, 114 years after fellow Norwegian and polar explorer Roald ...