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The South Pole Traverse, also called the South Pole Overland Traverse (SPoT), [2] or McMurdo–South Pole Highway [3] is an approximately 995-mile-long (1,601 km) flagged route over compacted snow and ice [4] in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, both operated by the National Science Foundation of the United States. [5]
The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under the jurisdiction (not sovereignty) of the United States. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at 9,301 feet (2,835 m) above sea level.
First photos of the Lunar south pole. USA Lunar Orbiter 4 [22] 30 October 1967: First automated (crewless) docking. USSR Cosmos 186/Cosmos 188: 17 November 1967 First liftoff from another celestial body (the Moon). USA Surveyor 6 [23] September 1968: First animals and plants to leave Earth orbit and travel to and around the Moon.
1992–1993 – Erling Kagge (Norway), first unassisted, and first solo expedition to the South Pole by ski, (1,310 km in 53 days) 1992–1993 – Antarctic Environmental Research Expedition – led by Kenji Yoshikawa; 1994 – Liv Arnesen (Norway), first unassisted woman to the South Pole by ski, (1,200 km in 50 days)
Ground track example from Heavens-Above.An observer in Sicily can see the International Space Station when it enters the circle at 9:26 p.m. The observer would see a bright object appear in the northwest, which would move across the sky to a point almost overhead, where it disappears from view, in the space of three minutes.
Scott and his financial backers saw the expedition as having a scientific basis, while also wishing to reach the pole. However, it was recognised by all involved that the South Pole was the primary objective ("The Southern Journey involves the most important object of the Expedition" – Scott), and had priority in terms of resources, such as the best ponies and all the dogs and motor sledges ...
What we didn't know was just how hot things were getting down at the South Pole. According to research published this week in the journalNature Climate Change, the region has been warming at more ...
169 days (5 mo, 16 d) Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. It remained active until 27 October 1972. [10] Venera 8 lander Venus 27 March 1972 22 July 1972 landed: 118 days (3 m, 26 d) Venera 8 returned signals from the surface of Venus for 50 minutes. [11] Mars 5 Orbiter: Mars 25 July 1973 12 February 1974 entered orbit ...