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Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911)

Copyright Masaru HASHIMOTO

SOUTH POLE EXPEDITIONS The Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen won a race against the English expedition under Robert Scott. A month later, however, the Scott expedition reached the Pole but was caught by a blizzard on the way back, and all members perished.

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