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Date Taken:

January 1, 2022

Photograph By:

Andrea Dixon, NSF

License Type:

Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

The 2022 geographic South Pole marker.

The ice sheets at the South Pole move about 10 meters (33 ft) annually. A new marker is placed at 90° South every New Year's Day.

The top diamond shape indicates the direction of True South. The lines along the top represent the population of South Pole station each winter since the first winter of human inhabitants in 1957. The Morse code is a quote by Roald Amundsen: "Adventure is just bad planning."

The 2022 marker was designed by Brandon Amat and fabricated by David Pernic, both South Pole 2021 winter-overs. Amat is a member of the BICEP telescope team and Pernic is a member of the South Pole Telescope team.

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Art, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0., Creative Commons, Geographic Marker, Geographic South Pole, NSF, South Pole

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