1911 ⟶ Amundsen Reaches the South Pole

December 14: Roald Amundsen first reaches the South Pole.
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🚢 HMS Challenger Surveys the Challenger Deep

HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans, the Challenger Deep.⟶
HMS Challenger Surveys the Challenger Deep (1875)
OceanographyExplorationScientific ExpeditionMappingGeographyBritish Empire
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🧭 Robert Peary's Claim of Reaching the North Pole

April 6: Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole though the claim is subsequently heavily contested.⟶
Robert Peary's Claim of Reaching the North Pole (1909)
ExplorationPolar ExplorationControversyArcticGeography
United StatesUnited States

🧊 Amundsen Reaches the South Pole

December 14: Roald Amundsen first reaches the South Pole.⟶
Amundsen Reaches the South Pole (1911)
ExplorationPolar ExplorationGeopoliticsGeography
NorwayNorway

🏔️ Scott's Antarctic Expedition: Fatal Return from South Pole

late March: Captain Scott and his companions die in a blizzard on their way back from the South Pole.⟶
Scott's Antarctic Expedition: Fatal Return from South Pole (1912)
ExplorationPolar ExplorationBritish EmpireImperialismDisaster
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🧊 Soviet Sever-2 Expedition Reaches the North Pole

April 23: The Soviet Sever-2 expedition become the first party to indisputably set foot on the North Pole.⟶
Soviet Sever-2 Expedition Reaches the North Pole (1948)
Polar ExplorationArcticSoviet UnionCold WarGeopoliticsScientific ExpeditionExploration
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

🧠 Grid Cells in the Brain Discovered

Grid cells in the brain are discovered by Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser.⟶
Grid Cells in the Brain Discovered (2005)
Cognitive ScienceNobel PrizeCell BiologyResearch
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