South Pole Discovered, December 14, 1911
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 19:30
in Earth & Climate
One hundred years ago today the South Pole was reached by a party of Norwegian explorers under the command of Roald Amundsen. The existence of the pole had been known, but the inhospitable landscape presented a barrier until Amundsen’s party made the dangerous trek across ice and snow to stand at the geographical South Pole on this day a century ago. [More]