Polar Regions
The South Pole
Published February 2007 On 9 January 1909, Adams, Wild and Shackleton came as close as they would to the South Pole – just 97 miles away. Howling blizzards had kept them in their sleeping bags for days prior to their plating of the Union Jack at this spot.
© Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, established in 1920 as the national memorial to Captain Scott and his companions. www.spri.cam.ac.uk
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