INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -At around 3pm on 14 December 1911, Amundsen raised the flag of Norway at the South Pole. He had reached the Pole a full 33 days before Captain Scott arrived.

Detailed explanation-2: -Roald Amundsen’s polar party was the first to reach the South Pole on December 14th, 1911; five weeks later the polar party led by Robert Falcon Scott was the second.

Detailed explanation-3: -Colonel J.K. Bajaj became the first Indian to reach the South Pole at a 0-degree latitude in Antarctica, South Pole.

Detailed explanation-4: -15 December 1911 At 3pm Roald Amundsen becomes the first person to reach the South Pole. The five men – Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting – make careful observations of the site for the next two days, and leave behind messages and spare equipment for Scott’s party.