START OF THE RACE SOUTH EARLY IN THE 16TH CENTURY MERCHANT SHIPS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE SAILED FURTHER AND FURTHER SOUTH TO TRADE FOR GOODS IN ASIA, RESUPPLY IN SOUTH AMERICA OR PLUNDER SETTLEMENTS OF THEIR ENEMIES.
THEY TRAVEL THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN THE HOPE OF FINDING NEW LANDS TO CLAIM FOR THE MOTHERLAND. SAILING THROUGH THE ROUGH AND UNYIELDING SEA. PASSING THROUGH NARROW OPENINGS AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA.
ARRIVED AT THE SOUTHERNMOST CONTINENT ICE CRASHES THE SHIPS LONG BEFORE LANDFALL OR TRAPS THEM FOR MONTHS FROM THE FEW BRAVE MEN THAT PUT FEET ON THE UNTOUCHED GROUND MANY WILL NEVER RETURN. IT IS ROALD AMUNDSON AND HIS EXPEDITION THAT RAISE THE NORWEGIAN FLAG AT THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOUTHPOLE ON DECEMBER 16 1911