On 14 December 1911 the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and four companions, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting, reached the South Pole, after a journey with 52 sled dogs from their base at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf. Skilled in skiing and handling dogs, and with carefully laid depots, they made the trip with ease and returned safely to their base in January. Robert Falcon Scott's British party, who relied on ponies, motor sledges and manhauling, reached the Pole on 17 January 1912 to find the Norwegian tent, and all five died on the return.
Before and after
- from 10 October 1911 to 1 December 1911Wuchang Uprising
- 3 November 1911Founding of Chevrolet
- 11 December 1911Birth of Naguib Mahfouz
- 11 December 1911Publication of Jana Gana Mana
- 14 December 1911Amundsen reaches the South Pole
- from January 1912 to August 1912Albanian revolt of 1912
- from 1 January 1912 to 7 December 1949Republic of China
- from 1912 to 1991Founding of Pravda
- 1912Founding of Swansea City A.F.C.
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