From anywhere on earth, you would travel south. Depending on where you begin your journey, you may also be required to travel in a south-westerly, or in a south-easterly direction.
You travel south.
If you travel along a line of longitude from the South Pole, you would travel directly northwards.
That would be south.
Every step you take from the South Pole is North. Your direction of travel would be slightly Northwest in order to reach McMurdo Station..
If you are standing precisely at the South pole, you can only travel north.
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Easy. When you want to travel ANYWHERE from the North Pole, you will be going south.
North of course! There is no other way to travel.
If you were standing exactly at the North Pole, the only possible direction you would be able to travel would be south.
To travel from the South Pole to any other country in the world (including Australia), you would have to go north.
Only south!