South Ice
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South Ice was a British support base 560 kilometres (302.4 nmi) from the South Pole
at 82°05'S, 30°00'W in Edith Ronne Land
, Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year
where three men overwintered during the Antarctic winter of 1957. In the same winter, men overwintered for the first time at the South Pole.
The name of the station contrasts to North Ice
which was a British research station in Greenland
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South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...
at 82°05'S, 30°00'W in Edith Ronne Land
Edith Ronne Land
Edith Ronne Land is the name sometimes applied to the sector of Antarctica lying between 36° W and 80° W to the south of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf...
, Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year
International Geophysical Year
The International Geophysical Year was an international scientific project that lasted from July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958. It marked the end of a long period during the Cold War when scientific interchange between East and West was seriously interrupted...
where three men overwintered during the Antarctic winter of 1957. In the same winter, men overwintered for the first time at the South Pole.
The name of the station contrasts to North Ice
North Ice
North Ice was the name of a research station of the British North Greenland Expedition on the inland ice of Greenland. The coordinates of the station were , with an altitude of 2,345 metres above sea level...
which was a British research station in Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
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