The US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was established in 1956 and has been permanently staffed since this time. The first major construction here was the original silver dome which was started in ...
The Ceremonial South Pole is located in a permanent position on the drifting ice and hence its position changes slightly each year. A short distance from the Geographical South Pole, the Ceremonial Po...
The Geographic South Pole is marked by a small sign, which records the dates that Amundsen and Scott reached the South Pole, followed by the elevation:The marker reads:GEOGRAPHICAL SOUTH POLERoald Amu...
The Magnetic South Pole is the point on Earth where the southern compass needle leads. Rather confusingly, this is far from the other South Poles and moves approximately 13 kilometres each year. The...
Located on Commonwealth Bay, this was the base of Mawson’s 1911 – 1914 Australian Antarctic Expedition. Conservation of the hut has proved difficult due to the high winds, but visitors – a maximum of...
