Amundsen's South Pole expedition was the Norwegian journey led by Roald Amundsen that was the first to reach the geographic South Pole. Amundsen had originally planned to go to the North Pole, but he changed course after hearing that others had reached it and sailed the ship Fram to the Antarctic without announcing it. He set up a base at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf and used skis and sled dogs, which proved far better suited to the conditions than the methods of his British rival, Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen and four companions reached the Pole in December 1911, about five weeks before Scott's party, who all died on the return from their own attempt.
Before and after
- 15 May 1910First match of the Italy men's national association football team
- 27 May 1910Death of Robert Koch
- from 31 May 1910 to 31 May 1961Union of South Africa
- from 1 June 1910 to 14 June 1913Terra Nova Expedition
- from 3 June 1910 to 30 January 1912Amundsen's South Pole expedition
- 11 June 1910Birth of Jacques Cousteau
- 13 August 1910Death of Florence Nightingale
- 26 August 1910Birth of Mother Teresa
- 1 October 1910Los Angeles Times bombing
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- 14 December 1911Amundsen reaches the South Pole
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