The South Pole is many miles inland. The discovery was a ship. It never visited the South Pole
forever the north pole has no sunlight
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North pole &south pole
Lets see the concept. With the discovery of magnet, many travelers began using it for navigation. This is because the magnetic south pole always points in the north direction and the magnetic north pole always points in the south direction. Correction The end of the compass needle that points to the North is a north pole, and the end that points to the South is a south pole.
It takes about 12,450.5 miles from the north pole to the south pole or south pole to north pole.
Both the north pole and the south pole.
The North Pole and the South Pole
Sir Earnest Shackleton trekked to the pole and turned back at 89 degrees S -- never making it to the South Pole. This was accomplished during the Discovery Expedition in 1901-1904.
The sun rises once each year at the South Pole, and sets once each year. The average number of days in a year without a sunrise at the South Pole is 182.5.
34 days. Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole first on 14th of December, 1911. Amundsen reported that he saw no sign of Scott. Scott reached the South Pole on 17th of January, 1912, acknowledging in his diary that Amundsen had got there a month earlier.
These days, there is a permanent scientific station at the south pole, and there are always teams of scientists and support people there. As of early 2014, there was a last person to the moon, but there was no last person to the South Pole.
The south pole is 90 degrees south of the equator. The north pole is 90 degrees north of the equator.