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Four Question People Ask about South Pole | Google Doodle

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Google celebrating 105th anniversary of the first expedition to the south pole. The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911,Five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Number 1.: Who discovered the South Pole?                                         Amundsen's party at the South Pole, December 1911.Amundsen, Hanssen, Hassel and Wisting. The first attempt to find a route from the Antarctic coastline to the South Pole was made by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on the Discovery Expedition of 1901–04. Number 2.: Where is the South Pole?                         It lies on the continent of Antarctica, on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole. It is the site of the United States Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which was established in 1956 and has been permanen