Which of these explorers was the first person to reach the South pole?

Question

Question: Which of these explorers was the first person to reach the South pole?

Options:

1.  Roald Amundsen
2.  Richard Byrd
3.  Sir Walter Scott
4.  Richard Peary

Answer 1

1. Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South pole.

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More info:

Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. His full name was Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen. He was a significant figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Beating his British rival Robert Falcon Scott, he becomes the first explorer to reach the South Pole.