Thursday 14th of December 1911 (x) — Explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first man to reach the South-Pole Amundsen arrived at Polheim(Home at the Pole) along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.
Saturday 4th of January 1958 (x) — Mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole overland