Discoverers
This site is dedicated to the stamps, postal history and heroic explorers of the great white continent. inside you will find extensive biographical data on the early explorers in addition to significant statistics and examples of the philately of antarctica and the sub-antarctic islands.
http://www.south-pole.com/
Historical overview
Historical overview
http://www.south-pole.com/p0000052.htm
Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner
http://www.reinhold-messner.de/
The race to the Pole
The race for the south pole by jack williams, usatoday.com the first humans to reach the south pole were roald amundsen, a norwegian explorer, and the four men with him: sverre hassel, helmer hanssen, oscar wisting, and olav bjaaland.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/antarc/ascott.htm