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He held the Farthest South record, that is, got the closest to the South Pole, until Amundsen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthest_South
Robert Falcon Scott loathed him for it.
Scott's last expedition used the route up the Beardmore Glacier through the Transantarctic Mountains that Shackleton pioneered.
He succeeded even if he didn't reach the Pole.
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He held the Farthest South record, that is, got the closest to the South Pole, until Amundsen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthest_South
Robert Falcon Scott loathed him for it.
Scott's last expedition used the route up the Beardmore Glacier through the Transantarctic Mountains that Shackleton pioneered.
He succeeded even if he didn't reach the Pole.