Interior Amundsen Scott Station
This research station was built in 2003 and serves as a year round base of operations in antarctica.
Interior amundsen scott station. The station has triple pane windows 200kg stainless steel outside freezer doors and a pressurized interior to keep out drafts. At one end a four story aluminum tower familiarly known as the beer can contains a stairwell a cargo lift and utilities. Http youtu be esuxmpqnlbg more from south p. Amundsen scott is also distinguished by having acquired 39 years of continuous scientific data sets an extensive research program covering several disciplines and the political and.
I m long overdue for a blog post and so in honor of our upcoming midwinter celebration i thought i d give a small window into our daily life here at the amundsen scott south pole station by doing a little photo tour of the inside of the station. Scott who attained the south pole in 1911 and 1912. This dome will be used to cover and protect most of the buildings at the south pole photographer ea3 d. The station s name honors roald amundsen and robert f.
It is a research station located at the geographic south pole of earth. Amundsen scott south pole station. The first station built to support researchers during the international geophysical year was begun in november 1956 and completed in february 1957. The station is renowned for collecting a continuous and longest set of meteorological data that from the vast interior of the antarctic and its ice plateau.
At right is a back view of the dome at the end of the station taken on 25 january 1973. The new geodesic dome at the south pole station antarctica. The amundsen scott south pole station is a united states scientific research station at the south pole the southernmost place on the earth the station is located on the high plateau of antarctica at an elevation of 2 835 metres 9 301 feet above sea level and is administered by the division of polar programs within the national science foundation under the united states antarctic program. Research stations at the geographic south pole.
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Captain s web log 10 11 june 2016 what s the inside of the station like. Next page continue to 1973 74. The unofficial web site for amundsen scott south pole station featuring the comprehensive history of the place from the old days to the present.