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.
Wahl Glacier Wahl Glacier ( ) is a glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northwest from Grindley Plateau to enter upper Lennox-King Glacier westward of Mount Mackellar. It is named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Bruno W. Wahl (1928 – 2000), a German-American physicist and rocket scientist. In 1961-1962, Dr. Wahl wintered over at McMurdo Station with four U.S. Naval personal to measure levels of the Van Allen radiation belt for the U.S. space program. He was the first German to ever visit the South Pole in 1960.