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The 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 S
Geographic South Pole marker, 2008
The Ceremonial South Pole in 1998.
The Ceremonial South Pole as of February 2008.
Argentinian soldiers saluting the flag after erecting the pole in 1965
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the f
Converted Ferguson TE20 tractors used by Edmund Hillary's team
Hillary packs a sack in preparation
Hillary with George J. Dufek at Scott Base, just before departure