south pole

     

Coorinates: 90° S 0° W

Trivia about south pole

  • This geographic extreme has no sunshine for 182 days a year
  • [Here comes Bill Nye, The Science Guy] The north pole on a bar magnet will attract this pole on another bar magnet
  • The constellation Crux points to this pole
  • First reached in 1911, it's the point in Antarctica through which the Earth's axis passes
  • In their race to be 1st here, Roald Amundsen beat Robert Scott by 1 month
  • In 1956 the U.S. established the Amundsen-Scott Station here
  • In 1912 Robert Falcon Scott's group was second to this location, & sadly perished on the return journey
  • George Dufek became the first American to land here on October 31, 1956
  • Dr. Jerri Nielsen gives her account of discovering that she had breast cancer while "ice bound" here
  • ...to 90 degrees south latitude & you'll find yourself here
  • Point on the Earth reached for the first time by man December 14, 1911
  • Richard Byrd is seen here preparing to visit this geographic extreme
  • February 11, 1913:"Scott Finds" this location, "Then Perishes"
  • On Dec. 14, 1911 a group of explorers planted the flag of Norway at this location for the first time
  • Reaching this site in 1912, Robert Scott wrote, "Great God! This is an awful place"
  • The Amundsen-Scott research base is located at this famous point on Antarctica
  • The 1985-'86 season included "The Last Place on Earth", about the struggle to reach this point
  • On December 27, 1978 this spot on Earth reached a balmy record high of 7.5 degrees