Roald Amundsen, born in 1872 near Oslo / Norway, was one of the most
famous and important polar explorers ever. His journeys to the Arctic
and Antarctica brought great insights of science, after all, he was the
first one shot through the Northwest Passage and reached both the
geographic North Pole and South Pole. Researching the arctic parts of
the world at that time belonged to the highest goals of the polar
researchers, the achievement of these continents was fought like matches
among them. After Robert Edwin Peary claimed to have reached the North
Pole first, Amundsen decided almost simultaneously with Robert Falcon
Scott for the expedition to the South Pole. On December 14, 1911
Amundsen was first to reach the South Pole ahead of his competitors. In
this book all the details around the expedition to the South Pole are
described.