Scott's team did eventually reach the South Pole, but it was 35 days after Amundsen's team had arrived. Scott's team turned around, but they didn't make it back.

Click here for 'Captain Scott South Pole 100th anniversary: Watch poignant footage from doomed expedition' A black flag the day before had signalled the result of their quest.

Scott had already led an Antarctic expedition early in the decade, while another British explorer, Ernest Shackleton, had led a party to within 100 miles of the South Pole in January 1909.

A 1912 photograph proves explorer Captain Robert Scott reached the South Pole—but wasn't the first. Skip to main content. Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe.

NEW YORK CITY — In 1910, two men set out to be the first to reach the South Pole in a race that would be both heroic and tragic. The men had different reasons for their journeys, took different ...

Amundsen and his team at the South Pole; Image via Wikipedia On December 14, 1911, one hundred years ago, Roald Amundsen, and a small team of four others, accomplished what no one else had ever ...

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Ronald Amundsen’s journey to the South Pole (and Robert Falcon Scott’s, one year later), hundreds of people have decided to recreate the trip. We’re not ...

Recreating Robert Scott’s heroic but ultimately doomed “Terra Nova” expedition from 1910-1912, Saunders has launched his own Scott Expedition to reach the South Pole on foot—and, more ...

In November 1911, Scott left from Cape Evans for the 800-mile trip to the South Pole. Five men made the final push and arrived on Jan. 17, 1912 — only to find a Norwegian flag and a message from ...

We called modern-day south pole explorers on their satellite phone ... "We don't even have maps, ... You have to carry hay for them." On Scott's final push to the pole, his team pulled their sleds ...

The early 20th century was the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. Teams of explorers from multiple countries were fighting to be the first to reach the South Pole. The man who would ultimately ...

Scott's team did eventually reach the South Pole, but it was 35 days after Amundsen's team had arrived. Scott's team turned around, but they didn't make it back. Topical Press Agency ...