The Nautilus only operates in water: the South Pole sits on the continent of Antarctica.
As miraculous as nuclear submarines are, they cannot sail under continents. The South Pole is located on the continent of Antarctica, 10% of the surface area of planet Earth.
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USS Nautilus
USS Nautilus sailed under the North Pole in 1958, and the list of crewmembers and scientists aboard at the time, does not include a Raymond Meyers.
The South Pole has land under it, the North Pole only has water.
Yes - Donald Fielding Koch was a commander on ther Nautilus - the first US submarine to reach the North pole under the ice,
There is no land under the North Pole. The Antarctic continent sits over the South Pole.
it does have land under it, the north pole does not.
1958
The first surface vessel to reach the North Pole was the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika Sailing from Murmansk, it broke its way through the ice, and reached the North Pole on August 17, 1977. Arktika is a Nenets word meaning 'End of the Earth'. A rather apt name.
The South Pole sits upon the Continent of Antarctica. The North Pole sits on a Frozen Layer of the Arctic Ocean. Therefore the South Pole has land under it.
The USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the first submarine to go to the north pole by navigating under the Arctic ise.