Which explorer was Shackleton's main rival during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration?
Roald Amundsen
Fridtjof Nansen
Douglas Mawson
Richard E. Byrd
Answer
Shackleton's main rival during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer who became the first person to reach the South Pole in December 1911.
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