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-as of [30 MARCH 2024]–
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*AKA* –>
*geographic south pole*
*terrestrial south pole*
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-the south pole is 1 of the 2 points where the earth’s ‘axis of rotation’ intersects its ‘surface’-
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(it is the southernmost point on the surface of the earth and lies on the opposite side of the ‘earth’ from the ‘north pole’)
(situated on the continent of ‘antarctica’, it is the site of the united states “amundsen-scott south pole station”, which was established in ‘1956’ and has been ‘permanently staffed’ since that year)
(the ‘geographic south pole’ should not be confused with the ‘south magnetic pole’, which is defined based on the earth’s ‘magnetic field’)
(the first attempt to find a route from the ‘antarctic coastline’ to the ‘south pole’ was made by british explorer ‘robert falcon scott’ on the ‘discovery expedition of 1901 – 1904’)
(‘scott’ (accompanied by ‘ernest shackleton’ + ‘edward wilson’), set out with the aim of traveling as far south as possible, and on ’31 december 1902′, reached 82°16′ S)
(‘shackleton’ later returned to ‘antarctica’ as leader of the ‘british antarctic expedition’ (aka ‘nimrod expedition’) in a bid to reach the ‘pole’)
(on ‘9 january 1909′, with 3 companions, he reached 88°23’ S (112 ‘statute miles) from the ‘pole’ – before being forced to turn back…)
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(the first men to reach the ‘geographic south pole’ were the norwegian ‘roald amundsen’ and his party on ’14 december 1911′)
(he was ~39)
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*roald amundsen*
(post-viking)
(circa 1923)
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(‘amundsen’ named his camp ‘polheim’ and the entire plateau surrounding the ‘pole’ king haakon VII vidde in honor of ‘king haakon VII’ (of ‘norway’))
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(‘robert falcon scott’ returned to ‘antarctica’ with his 2nd expedition (the ‘terra nova expedition’), initially unaware of amundsen’s secretive expedition)
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(‘scott’ and 4 other men reached the ‘south pole’ on ’17 january 1912′, only 34 days after ‘amundsen’)
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@ “SOUTH POLE”
(“17 JANUARY 1912”)
“ROBERT FALCON SCOTT”
(CENTER w/ FLAG)
(WITH 4 COMRADES)
(‘OATES’ / ‘BOWERS’ / ‘WILSON’ / ‘EVANS’)
*THE “2ND EXPEDITION TO REACH THE ‘SOUTH POLE'”*
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(on the return trip, ‘scott’ and his 4 companions all died of ‘starvation’ + ‘extreme cold’)
(in 1914, ernest shackleton’s ‘imperial trans-antarctic expedition’ set out with the goal of crossing ‘antarctica’ via the ‘south pole’, but his ship (the endurance) was frozen in ‘pack ice’ and sank 11 months later)
(the ‘overland journey’ was never made)
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(american admiral ‘richard evelyn byrd’ (with the assistance of his first pilot ‘bernt balchen’) became the first person to fly over the ‘south pole’ on ’29 november 1928′)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈 ☜ *-ANTARCTIC CIRCLE EAST-*
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*-ANTARCTIC CIRCLE WEST-* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥