When did humanity get to the South Pole

The Antarctic continent and the islands were discovered at different times.

Generally speaking, it was France's Dumont Douville who discovered the Antarctic continent on January 18, 1840, and British Navy Captain Charles Wilkes who discovered the Antarctic continent a day later. However, due to the relationship between the "date line", it is quite controversial.

1738 In 1739, the Frenchman Bouvet discovered an island near the South Pole (present-day Bouvet Island) while sailing

1772 In 1775, the Englishman Captain Cook arrived in the South Shetland Islands near Antarctica.

1820 In 1821, the American Palmer, the Russians Belinsgauzin and Lazarev, and the Englishman Bransfield discovered the Antarctic continent successively.

1838 In 1842, the Englishman Ross, the Frenchman Dearville, and the American Wilkes visited the Antarctic continent. In December 1911, Amundsen and four other Norwegians reached the South Pole for the first time.

1928 In 1929, the Americans made several Antarctic expeditions and established the "Amerika Base Minor".

Leave. Robert Falken Scott was a British naval captain. He failed to achieve his ambition to reach the South Pole first. His rival Roald Amundsen got there a month first.

In June 1910, Scott set sail aboard the Terra Nova. On the way, he heard that Amundsen was also on his way to Antarctica. Soon after, Pontin and a portion of his crew were ordered to return to base, leaving Scott and 10 of his companions to advance to the South Pole.

On November 1, 1911, Scott's group left their campsite and headed for Antarctica. Blizzards make travel difficult. So, on January 3, 1912, Scott decided to take only four of his companions: Edward Wilson, Henry Powers, Edgar Evans, and Lawrence Ötzi.

Reach Antarctica. On January 17, 1912, Scott and his party arrived at Antarctica. However, Amundsen's Norwegian flag was already flying there.

Deeply disappointed, they set out on their way home. Evans died of a nervous disorder; Oates suffered from severe frostbite and did not want to disturb others, so he took the initiative to go out for a walk, and in this environment, going out would only lead to death. The remaining 3 people had to camp to escape the bad weather.

But on March 29, 1912, Scott and the other three died more than 200 kilometers from their camping base.

Details of Scott's last trip are known, as his diary was recorded up to the last day. In November 1912, a search team found the diary, as well as the bodies of Scott and three others. Scott was joined by Edward Wilson, Henry Powers, Edgar Evans and Lawrence Oates.

All of them were killed. The dead Scott still hugged Wilson like a brother. The bodies of the three people were buried on the spot and are now deep under the Antarctic ice.

Oates' body was never found.

Generally speaking, it was Dumont Douville of France who discovered the Antarctic continent on January 18, 1840, and the first person to reach the Antarctic pole was Roald Amundsen.