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Events on Wednesday 17 January 1912 1
1912Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South PoleArrives five weeks after AmundsenRobert Falcon Scott and four companions of the Terra Nova Expedition reach the South Pole on 17 January, only to find that Roald Amundsen's Norwegian party had beaten them by five weeks. Demoralized, the group begins the 800-mile return march to their base camp. All five men die before reaching safety.