SOUTH POLE

Coldest Day: July 22, 1965  -80.6°C (-113°F)

Warmest Day: January 12, 1958  -15.0°C (5°F)


Mean Temps:
Winter:  -40 to -94°F (-40 to 70°C)
Summer:   -5 to -31°F (-15 to 35°C)

Neumayer - McMurde   3.500 km / 1.890 nm   12hrs

 Bellinghausen
Casey
Davis
Dumont
Halley
Macquarie
Mawson
McMurdo   77°51'S, 166°40'E
Mirnyy
Palmer
Neumayer  70°39'S, 08°15'W 
Rothera
Sanae
Scott
South Pole
Vostok

 

South Pole Station

Nationality: United States

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Antarctic Weather


For more station weather info:

Information: The station is at an elevation of 9,300' (2900m), however the equivalent pressure elevation, based on polar atmospheric conditions, will vary from 10,800(3300m) to 13,120 (4,000m). The new station is about 350 meters from the true Geographic South Pole.

Web Cam:
http://bat.phys.unsw.edu.au/~aasto/

Website:
www.spole.gov

 

Wildlife:
None, other that an occasional lost & desperate skua.

Images:
Today at South Pole and other recent images.

Weddell Sea
 
mountain chain stretching across Antarctica from Victoria Land to Coats Land; separating the E Antarctic and W Antarctic subcontinents. Mt. Markham (14,275 ft/4,351 m high), near the Ross Ice Shelf, is the highest peak.

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