Ka cika wannan magana: An fara ganin wannan tudun a shekara ta 1903 a lokacin "Discovery" Expedition zuwa Antarctic, wanda Robert Falcon Scott ya ja-goranci. Ernest Shackleton ya zama na farko da ya haye sassan wannan tsauni a 1909 a lokacin da yake
"Nimrod" Expedition, wanda ya koma baya a cikin mummunan yanayi lokacin da ya isa wani batu kawai 97 nautical mil daga Kudu Pole. Shackleton ya sa wa wannan tudun suna King Edward VII Plateau don girmama Sarkin Ingila. A watan Disamba na 1911, yayin dawowa daga tafiya ta farko zuwa Kudancin Kudancin, mai binciken Norway Roald Amundsen ya yanke shawarar kiran wannan tsaunin King Haakon VII Plateau don girmama sabon Sarki Haakon VII na Norway.