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On December 14, 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole, beating British rival Robert Scott by 34 days. Amundsen's expedition succeeded through superior planning, sled dogs, and arctic experience—making him the first human to stand at the bottom of the world.
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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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