Famous Polar Expeditions Quiz

Guess the leaders of these expeditions to the North and South geographic poles. Good luck!

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Last updated: March 7, 2017

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Description	Leader
First expedition to reach the South Pole	Roald Amundsen
(Supposed) first expedition to reach the North Pole	Robert Peary
Failed expedition to South Pole where all explorers died	Robert Falcon Scott (Terra Nova)
Failed expedition to cross Antarctica where all explorers survived	Sir Ernest Shackleton
The other supposed first expedition to reach the North Pole	Frederick Cook

Description	Leader
Failed expedition to reach the North Pole in the Fram	Fridtjof Nansen
Failed expedition to reach the North Pole via the nonexistent Open Polar Sea in the Jeanette	George Washington De Long
Expedition where the Polar Plateau was discovered	Robert Falcon Scott (Discovery)
First expedition to cross the interior of Greenland on ice-skis	Fridtjof Nansen
Expedition on the HMS Terror where McMurdo Sound was discovered and named	Archibald McMurdo