# The Race to the South Pole

Know the story of the race to the South Pole in detail — Norwegian Roald Amundsen and British Robert Falcon Scott both set out in 1911, Amundsen arrived first on 14 December using dog sleds and careful planning, Scott arrived 34 days later using man-hauled sledges and tragically died with his team on the return journey; also know about Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition where the ship was trapped and crushed by ice, and Shackleton's extraordinary boat journey to South Georgia to rescue his crew

Builds on: Brave Polar Explorers (hard, https://ai.page/c/brave-polar-explorers/en.md), Comparing Arctic & Antarctic (soft, https://ai.page/c/comparing-arctic-and-antarctic/en.md)

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