<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Le ndawo ephakeme yabonwa okokuqala ngo-1903 phakathi nohambo lwe-Discovery oluya e-Antarctic, olwaluholwa uRobert Falcon Scott. U-Ernest Shackleton waba ngowokuqala ukuwela izingxenye zaleli thende ngo-1909 phakathi nohambo lwakhe oluthiwa uNimrode  <response>: , eyabuyela emuva ngesimo sezulu esibi lapho yayisifinyelele endaweni engamakhilomitha angu-97 kuphela ukusuka eNingizimu Pole. UShackleton waqamba leli thende ngokuthi iKing Edward VII Plateau ehlonipha iNkosi yase-United Kingdom. Ngo-December 1911, lapho ebuya ohambweni lwakhe lokuqala lokuya eNingizimu Pole, umhloli wamazwe waseNorway uRoald Amundsen wanquma ukubiza le ndawo ngokuthi iKing Haakon VII Plateau behlonipha iNkosi esanda kukhethwa yaseNorway uHaakon VII. 