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It was discovered by Ernest Shackleton during his Nimrod Antarctic expedition of 1908 , and named after Sir William Beardmore, an expedition sponsor. Although Shackleton turned back before reaching the South Pole , he had discovered the first proven route to the pole, and in doing so, became the first person to set foot upon the great polar plateau. In 1911 - 1912 , Captain Scott and his team successfully reached the South Pole by climbing the Beardmore. However, they reached the pole a month after Roald Amundsen and his team, who had climbed the previously unknown Axel Heiberg Glacier . |
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