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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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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
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
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