south pole marker pic.

[sixthings]

hope this is right. there should be a picture located

here

[Kerry.]

Now which way is south and what's the time zone that's an interesting one.

 

Cheers, Kerry.

 

I never get lost everybody keeps telling me where to go

[sixthings]

south is where you try not to slip off the globe. the time zone thing is interesting...it's kept consistent with Christchurch, NZ; the nearest big city, and the one the US uses as their deployment site...

[+Kewaneh & Shark]

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha......

 

That has got to be the best benchmark inscription I've ever seen.

 

Keep on Caching!

- Kewaneh

[sixthings]

"God what an awful place" is a quote taken from R.F. Scott's journal, written hours before he died. he also wrote that one of his companion's lifeless body had been staring at him for 2 days across the tent, but he was too cold to do anything about it. when scott wrote the aforementioned words, he meant them in the most sincere way possible.

[+Kewaneh & Shark]

Thanks for the history. Knowing that, the meaning does change quite a bit.

 

The humor I received from it comes from some of the surveying I've done, in places that could have been described like that.

 

The highest respect goes out to R.F.Scott and his companions for what they accomplished while on that continent.

 

Keep on Caching!

- Kewaneh

[Jeremy]

This web page has some more information, including journal entries, of the final days in his expedition.

 

Jeremy Irish

Groundspeak - The Language of Location

[+Graveseeker]

What I want to know is:

 

Did you record it as a find, and

 

What did your GPS read?

 

 

(Just kidding y'all )

 

Good Hunting! -- Graveseeker

[+GrizzlyJohn]

I would like to see the reading of the GPSr at that point. It would be fun to see the readings going all over the place.

[+regis]

cool. i hadn't seen pictures of the actual geographic marker before, only the ceremonial marker nearby.

 

and yeah, scott's stuff is harrowing. i've read the tail end of his journal. just terrible.

[+EraSeek]

I have some knowledge of this. For a year or so I was getting E-Mails from from ''South Pole Charlie'', a researcher how lived through several tours at the south pole. To pass the time, he would write these wonderful journal-like E-Mails and send them out to his friends, who would send them on to their friends. Boy, do I miss reading those!

At any rate, 'The Marker' is redesigned, machined, and replaced every year. They have a contest for the winning 'next year's' design. One reason for the redo every year is that there is significant movement in the ice, enough to throw the true position off. So it needs to be repositioned. Garmin has a short blurb and photo here>

http://www.garmin.com/whatsNew/adventures/story13.html

of a previous marker. As you can see, it is different than the other link.

Another tradition down there is the annual 'streak' around the pole marker at midwinter (if I remember right). Last year Charlie had the honor of documenting the women's event.

 

[sixthings]

yes, there is a streak around the pole every year. there is also a "300" club. participants sit in a sauna that is heated to 300 degress above whatever outside ambient is, then make a mad dash outside and around the pole, in their birthday suits. i heard of one male participant who was unfortunate enough to suffer frostbite. the good news is it was on his thumbs! (absolutely true)

yes, the ice sheet moves about 10 meters a year. i understand they wont re-mark the spot in the future, as the spot and marker will have to be on the aircraft taxiway.