South Pole Station in Antarctica in 1959

 

 

 

Photo by William M. Nichols, 61st TCS Pilot

 

South Pole Station, Antarctica.    This is a view of the South Pole, which is 740 nautical miles from McMurdo.  Picture was taken from the snow landing strip.  The transit was used to check the ski-strip gradient.  Caption by Bill Nichols.  (Circa 1959)

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