Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
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In which year did the first person reach the South Pole?
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Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole how many days after Amundsen?
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What happened to Robert Falcon Scott and his team on their return from the South Pole?
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Ernest Shackleton's ship became trapped in Antarctic ice in 1915. What was the name of his ship?
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After the Endurance sank Shackleton left most of his men on Elephant Island and sailed an open boat to which island to seek rescue?
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Which nationality was Roald Amundsen?
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Captain James Cook became the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle in which year?
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Douglas Mawson led the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of which year?
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What was the name of Scott's ship during his final Antarctic expedition?
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The term Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration refers to which period?
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Ernest Shackleton came within approximately how far of the South Pole during his 1909 Nimrod expedition before turning back?
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Which country sent the first expedition to winter on the Antarctic continent in 1898?
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Roald Amundsen used which animals to pull his sleds to the South Pole?
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Scott's team used motor sledges and ponies but what ultimately pulled the sleds for the final push to the pole?
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Ann Bancroft became the first woman to reach both the North and South Poles. In which year did she lead the first all-women ski expedition to the South Pole?
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The wreck of Shackleton's Endurance was discovered beneath the Weddell Sea in which year?
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Amundsen's route to the South Pole took him up a previously unknown glacier. What did he name it?
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Which American naval officer led a series of expeditions to Antarctica beginning in 1928 and established the base Little America?
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The first solo ski crossing of Antarctica was completed in 2012 by which explorer?
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