The race to the South Pole was one of the most dangerous competitions ... the epic showdown between two legendary explorers: Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott. From brutal conditions to ...

I’m Robert Falcon Scott. I set out in 1911 to be the first person to reach the South Pole. I knew that Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, also wanted to get their first.

“With departure imminent, it is worth remembering that 100 years ago Scott was approaching the South Pole and was ... reaction to arriving at the Pole after Amundsen, he must have been proud ...