The Extraordinary Story of the Race to Reach the South Pole

Two teams with startlingly different strategies, but who was victorious?

The Amundsen Scott station — Public Domain

In 1911, two teams of five scientists assembled; today would be the start of the race to reach the South Pole. Both teams had contrastingly different strategies. The British team would push as hard as they could every day.

The Norwegian team would go fifteen miles daily; regardless of the weather, they would cove…