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Story: Antarctica and New Zealand

Early 20th-century exploration

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  • Robert Scott, Britain (1901-4)

  • Ernest Shackleton, Britain (1907-9)

  • Roald Amundsen, Norway (1910-12)

  • Robert Scott, Britain (1910-13)

The hard-fought battle to be first to the South Pole is tracked in this map. It shows the routes followed by the expeditions of Robert Falcon Scott (1901–4), Ernest Shackleton (1907–9) and Roald Amundsen (1910–12), and Scott’s second expedition (1910–13).

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Nigel Roberts, Antarctica and New Zealand – The heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/37142/early-20th-century-exploration (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nigel Roberts, published 12 June 2012.