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Elevated Station with new location of Ceremonial Pole
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| Once wedded to Nature there is no divorce - separate her you may and hide yourself amongst the flesh-pots of London, but the wild will keep calling and calling forever in your ears. You cannot escape the "little voices". - Frank Wild |
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How different it is today from less than a hundred years ago when men walked to the pole with a high risk of death in the process. A huge multi-building station with 50 staff there over the winter, 100 in the summer, several multi-million dollar scientific projects and the whole lot flown in by air.
You can now arrive at the pole in relative comfort in about 7 hours instead of an expedition lasting the best part of two years and a huge amount of discomfort.
January 2008
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| This picture published courtesy of Alan Light - This picture is in the public domain. |
