Multiple choice general knowledge

First man to reach north pole ?

  1. Ernest Shackleton

  2. Walston Oliver

  3. Roald Amundsen

  4. Robert Edwin Peary
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Explanation

Robert Edwin Peary is credited as the first person to reach the North Pole on April 6, 1909. While there is some historical controversy about competing claims, most reference sources recognize Peary's achievement. Roald Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole, not the North.

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