Perhaps the most important sporting breakthrough of the year belonged to Polish Bio-Chemist, Casimir Funk, who discovered vitamins. As the Games continued to bring people from different nations and continents together, German meteorologist Alfred Wegener discovered and proved that continents were drifting apart. The 1912 Games proved to be on the right continent. Had the Games had been held in America (at that time of the year) many competitors may have considered boarding the Titanic for the voyage. Other tragedies of 1912 include the race in which Roald Amundsen beat Robert Scott to the South Pole. Scott and all his men died on their return