When did Olav Bjaaland arrive at the South Pole?
Olav Bjaaland Olav Bjaaland (5 March 1873 – 8 June 1961) was a Norwegian ski champion and polar explorers. In 1911, he was one of the first five men to reach the South Pole as part of Amundsen's South Pole expedition.
South Star The modern term South Star, also called southern pole star, refers to the star that happens to lie closest to the south celestial pole (SCP) and which appears (approximately) directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's South Pole. At present, the naked-eye star nearest to this imaginary point is Sigma Octantis, whose angular separation from the pole is about 1° (as of 2000 ). Its apparent magnitude is a very faint 5.45, and as such it is not very useful for general navigational purposes. This is in contrast to the much brighter 2nd magnitude North Star, Polaris, which marks the approximate position of the north celestial pole.