Olav Bjaaland ( 5 March 1873 – 8 June 1961 ) was a Norwegian ski champion from Telemark.

Olav Bjaaland was born in Morgedal, Telemark, Norway.

Bjaaland was thrilled, and still believing that they were heading to the North Pole, they left Oslo, Norway on 7 June 1910.

On the actual sledge journey from the Bay of Whales to the pole and return, Bjaaland was often used as a forerunner so that the dogs had something to run after.

In 1912, Bjaaland was awarded the Holmenkollen medal, one of the highest medals a skier can win.

In 1961, Bjaaland died peacefully at age 88 ; of the five to reach the South Pole, he lived the longest, and was the only one to witness the advances made by the IGY in Antarctica, including the construction of the permanent South Pole base named Amundsen-Scott in honor of his chief.

He was one of the first five people to reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911, along with Roald Amundsen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.

A second attempt with a team, consisting of Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, Oscar Wisting, and Amundsen himself, departed on 19 October 1911.

On 14 December 1911 along with Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland and Sverre Hassel, Wisting planted the Norwegian flag on the Geographic South Pole, the first explorers to have reached that point.

He arrived there on December 14, 1911, along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.

On this trip, Bjaaland by chance met Roald Amundsen ; the already-successful explorer invited Bjaaland, as a skier, to join his forthcoming expedition to the North Pole.

Upon learning that they instead were heading south to race for the Antarctic pole against Robert Falcon Scott, Bjaaland had shouted: " Hurrah, that means we ’ ll get there first!

The official expedition camera had been damaged en route to the pole, so the only photographs taken were from an amateur camera brought by expedition member, Olav Bjaaland.

In 1952, at Morgedal, Bjaaland lit the torch for the 1952 Winter Olympics.

After returning from the successful conquest of the pole, Amundsen asked Bjaaland to go north with him to explore the Northeast Passage, but he turned down the offer.

Four out of the five men in the polar party were trained navigators, Olav Bjaaland being the only one without such training.

* 1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

At the turn of the century, Bjaaland, together with the Hemmestveit brothers were among the best skiers in Norway.

In 1909 Bjaaland, together with five others were invited to France to compete with the best skiers of Europe.

On 14 December 1911, Hassel together with Amundsen, Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland and Oscar Wisting were the first to reach the South Pole.

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