[oldbill]

Since Robert Peary’s claim to reach the North Pole is now deemed dubious, the first uncontested presence at the North Pole was by the airship Norge in 1926 with Amundsen aboard.

Thus you could say that Amundsen discovered both the South Pole and the North Pole. That is even more ironic because Amundsen decided to go to the South Pole after Peary was reported at the North Pole, Amundsen’s original goal.

[packrat35]

Amundsen was not on the Norge. He never got to the North Pole. He died on a rescue mission to save Norge.

[packrat35]

My error. I was refering to the later flight. You are correct. Amundsen did reach the Pole on the first flight.

[decimon]

I remember seeing The Last Place on Earth when it aired. Alistair Cooke explained that as a boy he'd been taught that Robert Falcon Scott was a hero. History proved less kind to Scott.

This was what PBS was good at. This and the imported British shows.

[decimon]

Come to think of it, this was an imported British show. Or a collaboration.