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1901
 
    
Robert Falcon Scott sets off in the Discovery on his first expedition to the Antarctic       
Mitchell HMS Discovery in the ice (detail)
National Maritime Museum

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1906
 
    
Roald Amundsen and his crew are the first to achieve the Northwest Passage, in a journey lasting three years in a 70-ft fishing boat       
1908
 
    
Ernest Shackleton, leading an expedition to the Antarctic, locates the south magnetic pole       
1909
 
   
Sea captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier unveils a plaque in the Arctic Archipelago, declaring that all the islands belong to Canada      
1909
 
     
Louis Blériot is the first to fly across the English Channel, winning the £1000 prize offered by the Daily Mail        
1910
 
    
Robert Falcon Scott sails south in the Terra Nova on his second voyage towards the South Pole       
Captain Scott, colour print 1909
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c. 1911
 
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The lost Inca city of Machu Picchu is reached by US archaeologist Hiram Bingham       
1911
 
    
Roald Amundsen and his Norwegian team become the first people to stand at the South Pole       
The Norwegian flag at the South pole, photo 1911
Mary Evans Picture Library

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1912
 
     
Robert Falcon Scott and his companions reach the South Pole a month after Amundsen - and die on the return journey        
1913
 
    
The Canadian Arctic Expedition, led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, sets off to the north