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![The Last Great Prize](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-race/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize/5896747-2-eng-US/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize_full_495.png 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-race/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize/5896747-2-eng-US/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize_full_990.png 990w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-race/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize/5896747-2-eng-US/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize_full_1468.png 1200w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-race/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize/5896747-2-eng-US/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize_full_1980.png 1200w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-race/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize/5896747-2-eng-US/pole-beginsitle01_-lastprize_full_2475.png 1200w)
![Earth with Antarctica and the South Pole highlighted and the British and Norwegian flags](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/pole---begins01---lastprize/5896426-6-eng-US/pole---begins01---lastprize_full_495.jpg 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/pole---begins01---lastprize/5896426-6-eng-US/pole---begins01---lastprize_full_990.jpg 926w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/pole---begins01---lastprize/5896426-6-eng-US/pole---begins01---lastprize_full_1468.jpg 926w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/pole---begins01---lastprize/5896426-6-eng-US/pole---begins01---lastprize_full_1980.jpg 926w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/pole---begins01---lastprize/5896426-6-eng-US/pole---begins01---lastprize_full_2475.jpg 926w)
To the South Pole!
Antarctica was the last continent to be explored. It was an ice-covered world at the bottom of the Earth. Brave adventurers were drawn to this dangerous and remote place.
![globe with latitudes and longitudes delineated and Antarctica at bottom of globe highlighted, shape of Antarctica with South Pole marked](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize01_map/5934882-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize01_map_full_495.png 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize01_map/5934882-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize01_map_full_990.png 990w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize01_map/5934882-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize01_map_full_1468.png 1468w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize01_map/5934882-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize01_map_full_1980.png 1500w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize01_map/5934882-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize01_map_full_2475.png 1500w)
![British and Norwegian flags which are both red, white, and blue](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags/5934886-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags_full_495.png 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags/5934886-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags_full_990.png 800w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags/5934886-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags_full_1468.png 800w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags/5934886-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags_full_1980.png 800w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/pole-01_begins/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags/5934886-1-eng-US/enlarge_begins_prize02_flags_full_2475.png 800w)
Who Will Win?
In 1909, explorers reached the North Pole for the first time. So the eyes of the world turned to Antarctica. Who will be the first at the South Pole? In 1910, two teams, one British and one Norwegian, set off on a daring race for this prize.
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