Four Question People Ask about South Pole | Google Doodle

Google celebrating 105th anniversary of the first expedition to the south pole.

The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911,Five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition.

Number 1.:

Who discovered the South Pole?

                 

                     Amundsen's party at the South Pole, December 1911.Amundsen, Hanssen, Hassel and Wisting. The first attempt to find a route from the Antarctic coastline to the South Pole was made by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on the Discovery Expedition of 1901–04.

Number 2.:

Where is the South Pole?

                        It lies on the continent of Antarctica, on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole. It is the site of the United States Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which was established in 1956 and has been permanently staffed since that year.

Number 3.:

What is the temperature at the South Pole?

                   The highest temperature ever recorded at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was −12.3 °C (9.9 °F) on December 25 (Christmas Day), 2011, and the lowest was −82.8 °C (−117.0 °F) on June 23, 1982

Number 4.:

Who owns the South Pole?

                          Nobody owns the South Pole. Antarctica has no permanent inhabitants and no government. It is under an international treaty called the Antarctic Treaty System. Scientists from around the globe come there to do research.    

Here is a beautiful life stream of Expedition to the south pole.

                         

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