Walking through the new American Amundsen Scott South Pole station
An evening pause: In honor of the 100th anniversary of Roald Amundsen’s arrival at the South Pole on this date, 1911, lets take a tour through the recently completed new Amundsen Scott South Pole station.
At one point right after walking through the cafeteria the cameraman points the camera out a window where you can see several flagpoles. That is where the actual South Pole is located. The camera than looks out a second window at a partly buried dome, which is the old station, no longer in use.
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Interesting video, but only mildly interesting. The person who made it failed to understand the concept that video is an audio medium with images. He could have made it much more interesting by simultaneously narrating the tour and pointing out interesting details — and by showing us more details, such as what’s in that the large collection of photos on the corridor wall. What’s amazing is the sheer size of the complex and the knowledge that every single item and component had to be transported thousands of miles, and that the structure itself must operate in temperatures as low as -100 degrees. It’s indeed a tribute to human engineering and ingenuity.
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