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the first person to reach the south pole

 * led by the Norwegian explorer
 * The First Expedition to reach
 * the geographic south pole was


 * Roald Amundsen . He and 4 others
 * arrived at the South Pole. On
 * 14 of December 1911.Five weeks
 * ahead of a British led by Robert* Falcon Scott as part of the Terra
 * Nova Expedition.Amundsen

Does any body live in south pole?
* Due to the signing of the 1959 Antarctic peace treaty, the can never be any soverign claims on this continent, meaning that it isn't and will never be a country. The actual country that is farthest south is Chile. It's long narrow spine extends down to the 56th degree. * *The nearest countries to Antarctica are South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina. On Antarctica there are no cities or villages, 98% of the continent is covered by ice. * *

south pole population

 * About thirty countries maintain about seventy research stations (40 year-round or permanent, and 30 summer-only) in Antarctica, with an approximate population of 4000 in summer and 1000 in winter. The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 "AQ" is assigned to the entire continent regardless of jurisdiction

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of