Modern Era · Oceania · Exploration
1911
Amundsen reaches the South Pole
December 14, 1911
With sledges, skis, and fifty-two dogs he planned to eat along the way, Norwegian Roald Amundsen reached ninety south and planted his flag in the ice. Robert Falcon Scott's British party arrived a month later, found the Norwegian tent, and died walking home. Earth's last empty point had been filled in.
In context
Also in 1911 (5 other events on record)
- Wuchang uprising ends the Qing · East Asia · Politics
- Triangle Shirtwaist fire · North America · Disaster
- Rutherford's gold foil experiment · Europe · Science
- Machu Picchu rediscovered · South America · Exploration
- Monet's water lilies series · Europe · Culture
Before and after in Oceania
Before and after in Exploration
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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