Antarctica: The Race to the South Pole
In 1910, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team began secretly planning an expedition to the South Pole. At the same time, British explorer Robert Scott and his team were also preparing there. Scott’s team left for Antarctica in June 1910, a month earlier than Amundsen and his team. Scott didn’t know about Amundsen’s plans so he was surprised when he received a telegram from him. In it, Amundsen Scott that he and his team were going there, too. And so the race to the South Pole the two teams started.
Both groups arrived in Antarctica in January 1911. They started to prepare the journey to the Pole by making short expeditions south. Along their paths, they were putting up tents they left food for their way back. The Amundsen group dogs to transport their things. The Scott group, whose ponies were less suitable for the weather, was much . It both teams more than six months to get ready for the final attack on the South Pole.
Roald Amundsen didn’t have to as many problems as Scott on his way to the South Pole. December 14th, 1911, Amundsen and his men became the first people to reach it. Amundsen took pictures of his four friends they stood near the Norwegian flag.
Amundsen and his team the South Pole over a month before Scott’s team. When Scott and his men got to the South Pole, they were very disappointed to find the Norwegian flag there. Scott wrote in his diary, ‘We’re here, yes, but it’s not what we expected. We a horrible day so far today: strong winds, low temperature, we’re cold. This is an awful place! After so many kilometres, we finally got here only to find out that we are second. I can’t think of a moment in my life than this one. I’m deeply disappointed.’
