FIFTHY YEARS AGO...........Photograph by: Cliff Dickey | Date Taken: Austral summer 1956-1957 |
Fuel barrels formed a ring around the ceremonial pole at the South Pole in 1957.
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AND TODAY (2008)
The new Amundsen-Scott South Pole station (6000sq) will be dedicated on Saturday Jan. 12, 2008: the event will last 4 hours. The station (153 millions US Dollars) is funded and operated by the US National Science Foundation.
Photograph by: Dwight Bohnet/National Science Foundation
Date Taken: December 19, 2007
Sources:
http://southpolestation.com/news/news.html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23008904-30417,00.html
