These three key figures made critically important contributions to the history of skiing in 1911. Nansen who had previously skied across Greenland, came on a trip to America and among other things made the first ski ascent of Whiteface. Amundsen skied to the South Pole ahead of the ill-fated Scott expedition. And finally, Kurz made the first traverse of the Haute Route on skis from Chamonix to Zermatt.
