Who won the race to the South Pole?

In 1911, two teams led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and Briton Robert Scott battled to be first at the South Pole. The winners were Amundsen's men, on 14 December 1911. Their 1,300-kilometre trek across the polar ice had taken 56 days.

[Scott's team finally made it to the South Pole on 17 January 1912. Sadly, all five men died from cold and hunger on the return journey.]