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THE FOUR HISTORICAL SOUTH POLE STATIONS
1911 AMUNDSEN’S TENT
• FirsthumanpresenceatPole
• ErectedbyAmundsen12/1911(Norwegian)
• Materialshauledbydogs
• Scottreachedthistent1/1912(British)
• Scottandhismencarriedtheirgearwithoutdogs
1956 NAVY STATION
• Built by US Navy in 1956 for International
GeophysicsYear
• First structure at Pole for scientific purposes
• Capacity: 20 people
• Materials flown in by DC-3 plane
• Neverintendedtobeapermanentstructure
1975 AMUNDSEN-SCOTT S. POLE STATION
• BuiltbytheNationalScienceFoundation(NSF)in1975 • Iconicgeodesicdomebuilding
• Mid90’sbroughtcommunicationthroughe-mailto
the station
• Capacity:30people/80moreinhuts
2008 NEW AMUNDSEN-SCOTT S. POLE STATION • Elevatedstation
• ConstructionbyNSFbeganin1997
• Dedicatedin2008for4thInternationalPolarYear
• Capacity:150witha65,000sq.ft.footprint • Haswindows,greenhouse,andisnetworked
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation
Left to right: Geographic South Pole marker; 2012-13 Traverse crew arrives at the South Pole on January 2, 2013. Craig Bolton pictured second from left.
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