📅 Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911)
Where: The South Pole
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📅 On This Day: December 14
December 14, 1911: Amundsen reaches the South Pole. On this day in 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and four teammates became the first people to reach the South Pole. They travelled for weeks across the ice on skis with dog sleds. Today the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station stands there.
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🧠 Question of the day
How did Amundsen's team travel to the Pole?
- A helicopter
- Bicycles
- Skis and dog sleds
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Answer: Skis and dog sleds
Questions
What happened on December 14?
December 14, 1911: Amundsen reaches the South Pole. It happened in The South Pole.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen's_South_Pole_expedition