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On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole. One hundred years later, the Pole is still an important location for science.
1911 expedition photograph provided courtesy of the NOAA Photo Library. 2011 aerial photograph courtesy of the U.S. National Science Foundation, taken by Robert Schwartz. Caption by Holli Riebeek.
Published December 14, 2011 Data acquired 1911