Race To The South Pole. By lexi.weber.11 Dec 1, 1900 Famous explorers begin the race. Dec 1, 1911 British explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, traveled to the South Pole Dec 1, 1912 Scott reaches South Pole, Ronald Amundson was already there a month earlier. Dec 1, 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton tried to travel to South Pole by boat, but ice trapped and crushed his ship. Dec 1, 1920 Richard E. Bryd reaches South Pole by plane. Dec 1, 1957 Countries around the world established research stations. Dec 1, 1959 12 nations signed the Antartic Treaty to guarantee ''freedome of scientific investigation''
