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Captain Robert Scott led his first expedition to Antarctica. It lasted from 1901 to 1904.
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Australian, Douglas Mawson first traveled to Antartica with Ernest Shackleton. He was 25 years old.
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Ernest Shackleton tried to reach the South Pole.
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Douglas Mawson led his own expedition to Adelie Land in Antarctica. Mertz and Ninnis (his companions) died on the journey.
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Scott's expedition to the South Pole started out on Ocotober 24, 1911.
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On January 3,1912 Scott chose 4 men to join him on the final jourey.
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Scott and his four men arrived at the South Pole.
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Many explorers tried to cross Antarctica after Shackleton failed.
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The begining of the end came on Sunday ,October 24,1916,just after dinner .
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Roald Amundsen and Richard Byrd become the first people to fly over the North Pole.
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Richard Byrd led a pivate expidition to Antartica and was the navigator on the first flight over the South Pole.
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On Richard Byrd's second expedition he planned to spend a winter alone .
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Byrd flew to the weather station in the inland.
