Female polar explorers revisit tragic race to South Pole

NEW YORK — A century has passed since the race to be the first to reach the South Pole pitted Englishman Robert Falcon Scott against Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Only one man came back alive. Roald Amundsen - Robert Falcon Scott - The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-1912 - History - explorer

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