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14th December 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first to reach the South Pole

14th December 2025
Tagged as: Amundsen, Antarctica, Discovery, Exploration, Norway, Norwegian, Robert Scott, South Pole

Amundsen’s team arrived five weeks ahead of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition.

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12th May 1926: Norge airship makes the first verified flight over the North Pole

12th May 2024
Tagged as: Aircraft, Airship, America, Amundsen, Arctic, Exploration, Flight, Italy, Norge, North Pole, Norway, United States, USA

After more than 16 hours of flight, at 1.25 am Greenwich time on 12 May, 1925, the Norge successfully reached the North Pole, making it the first confirmed expedition to do so.

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14th December 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first to reach the South Pole

12th May 1926: Norge airship makes the first verified flight over the North Pole

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