Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station - Antarctica - Web Cameras on Waymarking.com

The South Pole station is one of three year-around stations operated by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The other two United States Antarctic Program stations are McMurdo Station on the Ross Island and Palmer Station on Anvers Island near the Antarctic Peninsula. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station sits at the Earth's axis on a shifting continental ice sheet several miles thick.

The new Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was dedicated in January 2008 during the first year of International Polar Year (IPY), the third station since 1956. The station began austral winter operations on February 14, 2009 with a station population of 43 people. Of this group, 36 are employees of Raytheon Polar Services Company, 5 are providing technical support for 15 ongoing research projects and meteorological observations, and 2 are supporting the IceCube neutrino detector. The station will be in winter operating mode until late October 2009.

At an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,300 feet), South Pole has an average monthly temperature in the austral summer of -28°C (-18°F); in the austral winter, the average monthly temperature is 60°C (–76°F).

NOTE: Due to limited satelite availablility, the webcam may not be updating images. It is common to have a window of up to two hours in this condition.

Public or Private?: Public Web Site URL: [Web Link]

Visit Instructions:
Updated October 3, 2011:

Your log needs to include a picture taken from the web camera with you in the field of vision. You may need to recruit some help from someone else on a computer while you are at the web camera.

Recent Visits/Logs:

There are no logs for this waymark yet.