| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| First to successfully reach the geographic South Pole. Also was the first to reach the North Pole and discover a boat-navigatable Northwest Passage Route | Roald Amundsen | 100%
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| Arrived at the South Pole 33 days after the previous answer, died on the return journey | Robert Falcon Scott | 75%
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| Most famous for his ship Endurance becoming trapped in ice, forcing his escape to Elephant Island 800 miles away | Ernest Shackleton | 69%
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| Captain of the Belgica, first expedition to overwinter in the Antarctic Circle | Adrien de Gerlache | 19%
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| Died on an expedition to lay depots across the Great Ice Barrier | Aeneas Mackintosh | 0%
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| Established the Orcadas weather station, defined the Weddell Sea's eastern limits | William Speirs Bruce | 0%
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