Who flew over the South Pole for the first time in history?
Photograph by Olav Bjaaland. The first ever expedition to reach the geographic Southern Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition.
Why don't we fly over the South Pole?
Why don't planes fly over Antarctica? ... The restrictions placed on aircraft previously - at first 60 but now usually up to 180 minutes - meant that Antarctica was off-limits as it had no registered diversion airports, so planes would have to divert a considerable distance to safety.24 abr 2019