First person to reach the South Pole
- Who
- Roald Amundsen
- What
- First
- Where
- South Pole
- When
- 14 December 1911
The South Pole was first reached at 11 a.m. on 14 December 1911 by a Norwegian party of five men led by Captain Roald Amundsen (Norway, 1872-1928), after a 53-day march with dog sledges from the Bay of Whales.
He reached the Bay of Whales in the vessel Fram.