Corbis “It is splendid to have people who refuse to recognise difficulties,” Scott wrote early in the expedition to the South Pole ... flag flying above the tent had been left by the explorer ...

At approximately 3pm on December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen raised the flag of Norway at the South Pole, and naming the spot Polheim -- "Pole Home." He and his crew returned to their base camp on ...

When Roald Amundsen set up his base camp in ... "and planted our flag on the geographical South Pole, King Haakon VII's plateau. Thank God!" Before leaving Polheim, as the men had dubbed their ...

I knew that Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen ... we arrived at the South Pole. FATIMA: So you were the first to get there! ROBERT SCOTT: Well, no. We saw the Norwegian flag flying and realised ...

In 1910, he sailed on the Terra Nova, determined to reach the South Pole this time. He achieved his goal in 1912, but Roald Amundsen beat him to it. Sign up for Chip Chick's newsletter and get ...

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

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated on Wednesday the achievements of British Service personnel who recreated the famous Scott-Amundsen race to the South Pole. The teams raced each other ...