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Episode 242: The Race to the North Pole

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Amundsen - The Bloke That Got to the South Pole First

Amundsen took all sorts of extra precautions to make sure no one would be able to poke holes in his version of events. He is so widely and indisputably credited as the bloke that got to the South Pole first. And this wasn't the first time either, because Amundsen had seen Cook, Taunte, D'Treds and Peery undergoing scrutiny back in 1909.

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