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Race to the South Pole. Amundsen and the “Fram”  Amundson reached the south pole on 16 th December 1911.  Used skis and dog sleds.  Amundson began.

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1 Race to the South Pole

2 Amundsen and the “Fram”  Amundson reached the south pole on 16 th December 1911.  Used skis and dog sleds.  Amundson began travelling to the North Pole on Fridtjof Nansenn's polar exploration ship Fram when he found that Frederick Cook and Robert E. Peary had already reached the pole, he changed the plan to the South Pole

3 Scott and the “Terra Nova”  British Antarctic Expedition  Robert Falcon Scott with his research team reached the south pole on 17 January 1912, 34 days after Amundsen’s team  On the way back, the whole party died because of a snow storm. They froze to death when they were not far from the one ton depot

4 100 years later  Descendants of Scott and Amundsens meet at the Scott polar research institute in England  Amundsens grandson was afraid of the reaction of Scott’s family. But it was a friendly meeting.  At the same time Scott’s granddaughter made a expedition to Antarctica (south pole) on the HMS (Her Majestis Ship) “Scott”

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