how many miles from mcmurdo to the pole?y: scott walked that? what was going through his mind? >> male pilot: they loved to suffer. >> anthony: the first explorers who got here or came close, raced across the continent, striving to be the first. amundson made it before anyone in 1911, beating scott by only 34 days. amundson wisely used huskies to pull his sleds across the ice. scott didn't and his team never made it back alive. the south pole. what you might not know or be prepared for is the south pole is high, like 9,000 feet above sea level, and it's cold, real cold, but you knew that. you feel the altitude. today, the base at south pole has the feel of a space station, a warm comfortable bubble in the middle of, well, the great void. it can be incredibly harsh out there with winds reaching as high as 50 knots and temperatures regularly dropping below negative 50 degrees fahrenheit. about 200 scientists and staff work here during the summer season. chef bryan denham is responsible for keeping them all fed and happy. he's