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Millions of years ago, land that today is the east coast of South America was at the South Pole. Today, the ice sheet above the South Pole drifts about 10 meters (33 feet) every year. Compared to the North Pole, the South Pole is relatively easy to travel to and study. More @Wikipedia
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- South Pole - National Geographic SocietyMillions of years ago, land that today is the east coast of South America was at the South Pole. Today, the ice sheet above the South Pole drifts about 10 meters (33 feet) every year. Compared to the North Pole, the South Pole is relatively easy to travel to and study.
- South Pole - WikipediaThe South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True South Pole to distinguish from the Magnetic South Pole.
- NSF Amundsen-Scott South Pole StationSouth Pole hosts the Martin A. Pomerantz Observatory, Atmospheric Research Observatory, South Pole Telescope, seismic instruments and a massive in-ice neutrino detector, the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory. Resupply operations during the austral summer (November to mid-February) bring up to 450,000 gallons of fuel, personnel and cargo.
- South Pole - New World EncyclopediaThe South Pole, also known as the geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth, on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole. The geographic South Pole is best defined as one of two points where the Earth’s axis intersects its surface.
- The South Pole - AntarcticaWhat is it like at the South Pole? one of the most extreme occupied places on earth. For thousands of years, the South Pole was only imagined in theory, no-one even saw the continent of Antarctica that surrounds it until 1820. Today there is a busy scientific community and even visits by tourists.
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