The dangerous race for the South Pole - Elizabeth Leane
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By the early 1900’s, nearly every region of the globe had been visited and mapped, with only two key locations left: the North and South Poles. After two Americans staked claim to reaching the North Pole, a Norwegian explorer and a British naval officer each set out for the last unmapped region in what newspapers called a “Race to the Pole.” Elizabeth Leane sets the scene for their journeys south.
Why do we often refer to the endeavors of Scott’s and Amundsen’s teams in the summer of 1911-12 as a “race to the Pole”? Are there other ways we could think about it?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Elizabeth Leane
- Narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Animator Denis Bousygin, Alex Bohdan, Anna Dolzhenko
- Illustrator Denis Bousygin
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Associate Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Laura Shriver
- Composer Stephen LaRosa
