See also: Pole (homonymy)
The south pole is the point more with the southern of the terrestrial sphere according to various definitions. Most current are the “geographical” south pole and the “magnetic” south pole both located in the Antarctic. These two points do not coincide because the site of the magnetic south pole follows the variations of the terrestrial Magnetic field.
History
See also: Forwarding Amundsen
The first man to reach the south pole was Roald Amundsen the December 14th 1911.
See also: Forwarding Terra Nova
Robert Falcon Scott and its companions will reach the south pole the January 12th 1912. They will die at the time of their return.
Geography
It is located on a plate at an altitude of: 2830 meters.
Installations
The south pole is occupied by:- the American station Amundsen-Scott,
- a landing strip,
- installations of the projects AMANDA and IceCube.
Sciences
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Economy
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Literature
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See too
Internal bonds
External bonds
Be-X-old: Паўднёвыполюс Simple: South Pole Zh-yue: 南極
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