South Pole Station
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The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is a U.S. research station at the South Pole, in Antarctica.
The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is the southernmost continually inhabited place on the planet. Its name honors Roald Amundsen who reached the South Pole in 1911, and Robert F. Scott who reached the South Pole in 1912.
It was constructed in November 1956 to support the International Geophysical Year in 1957, and has been continuously occupied since then. It currently lies within 100 meters (330 feet) of the Geographic South Pole.
Snow accumulation is about 60–80 millimeters per year .
The station stands at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,301 ft) on interior Antarctica's nearly featureless ice sheet, about 2,850 meters (9,350 ft) thick at that location.
Recorded temperature has varied between −13.6 °C (7.52 °F) and −82.8 °C (−117 °F).