What was discovered first, the South Pole or the North Pole?

Aurora Australis over South Pole Station Although Robert E. Peary has long gotten the credit for reaching the North Pole first, in 1909, it may have actually been Frederick Cook who got there first, in 1908. It was another two years before explorers reached the earth's other end. Word came back on this date in 1911 that Roald Amundsen became the first person known to reach the South Pole. He and his team of four men all returned safely from the expedition. Only 12 of the 52 sled dogs that accompanied the group made it back. Just a month later, Captain Robert F. Scott led a team of five men to the South Pole, but none of them returned from this trip. Their frozen bodies were found 11 months later. A significant date for exploration, December 14 is also the birth date of two famous explorers: James Bruce, who discovered that the Blue Nile began in a lake in Ethiopia, was born on this date in 1530. And Tycho Brahe, famous for exploring the stars, albeit from afar, was born on this date in 1546.

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