Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which of these explorers was the first person to reach the South Pole?"
On this day in 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his British rival, Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen had planned to be the first man to the North Pole, however when he heard that Robert Peary already reached the North Pole, he decided to pursue the South Pole. Amundsen arrived at the South Pole five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott. While Amundsen and his team returned home to a hero's welcome, Scott and his team died on their way back from the pole, frozen in their sleeping bags.
