Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I kitea tēnei papa i te tau 1903 i te wā o te "Discovery" Expedition ki te Antarctic, nā Robert Falcon Scott i ārahi. Ko Ernest Shackleton te tangata tuatahi i whiti i ētahi wāhanga o tēnei papa i te tau 1909 i a ia e haere ana
"Nimirota" Expedition, i hoki mai i roto i te rangi kino i tae ia ki te wāhi noa 97 maero moana i te South Pole. I tapaina e Shackleton tenei papa ki te King Edward VII Plateau hei whakahonore i te Kingi o te United Kingdom. I te marama o Tihema 1911, i a ia e hoki mai ana mai i tana haerenga tuatahi ki te Pou Tonga, i whakatau te kairangahau a Roald Amundsen ki te tapa i tenei papa ko te King Haakon VII Plateau hei whakanui i te Kingi Haakon VII o Norway.