Multiple choice

Who was the first man to reach the South Pole?

  1. Fahein

  2. Amundsen

  3. Marco Polo

  4. None of these

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, was the first person to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. His team beat Robert Falcon Scott's British expedition by just 34 days. Fahein was a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled to India, Marco Polo was a medieval Venetian explorer, and neither reached Antarctica.