The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under the jurisdiction (not sovereignty) of the United States.

NSF Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is the southernmost year-round research station in the world, serving as a critical center for cutting-edge scientific research and a logistical hub for access to East Antarctica. Positioned at 90°S, the geographic South Pole.

Americans have occupied the geographic South Pole continuously since November 1956. The station stands at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,306 feet) on Antarctica's nearly featureless ice sheet, which is about 2,700 meters (9,000 feet) thick at that location.

1999年5月24日 · The unofficial web site for Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, featuring the comprehensive history of the place from the old days to the present. Here are Antarctic photos, stories, trivia, audio clips, and news from then and now.

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station uses communications satellites that serve as relay stations, receiving radio signals from one location and transmitting them to another.

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Located 841 statute miles inland from McMurdo, at the geographic South Pole, this station accommodates a maximum of 250 people during the austral summer.

Aside from the expeditions in 1911 and 1912 by Roald Amundsen (Norway) and Robert F. Scott (England) and the overflight in 1929 by Richard E. Byrd (U.S.), the geographic South Pole remained unoccupied until 1956, when the U.S. established a research station for the International Geophysical Year.

2022年12月1日 · The first permanent structure at the South Pole was built in 1975 and named Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, after the first two explorers to reach the Pole. The station was commissioned by NSF and built by the U.S. Navy …

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (US) lies close to the geographic South Pole at an elevation of 2835 m. The station is constructed on ice that is ~2700 meters (9000 feet) thick, and it moves with the ice sheet towards the Weddell Sea at a rate of approximately 10 meters per year.

Antarctic Specially Managed Area No. 5: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole