Who reached the South Pole first? Expedition celebrated with today’s Google Doodle
GOOGLE celebrated the 105th anniversary of the first expedition to reach the South Pole with a doodle.
The trek was led by a Norwegian explorer in 1911.
They were battling it out with a group of Brits in a desperate bid to make history.
Who reached the South Pole first?
The expedition was led by Roald Amundsen, who together with four other explorers arrived on December 14, 1911.
He travelled with 19 people and nearly 100 Greenland sled dogs.
The dogs and skis were vital to the explorers' success.
They arrived five weeks ahead of a British team spearheaded by Robert Falcon Scott.
Who is Roald Amundsen?
He was a lifelong adventurer with a talent for organisation and planning.
Amundsen initially planned to conquer the North Pole by ship.
But he decided against it when rival US explorers Frederick Cook and Robert E. Peary both claimed to have reached the North Pole in 1909.
What happened to Robert Falcon Scott after he tried to reach South Pole?
Scott and four members of his team died on their return journey.
At the time many Brits were distraught that a Norwegian was the first to reach the "bottom of the world".
However, recent historians have recognised Amundsen's achievements by building a permanent scientific base in his and Scott's name.
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