Article 773Z2 Resin Lenin presides over Antarctica's Pole of Inaccessibility

Resin Lenin presides over Antarctica's Pole of Inaccessibility

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Rob Beschizza
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In December 1958, a Soviet expedition reached Antarctica's Pole of Inaccessibility, the point on the continent farthest from any coastline: 1,400 kilometers inland and 3,700 meters up in the coldest region on Earth. The year-round average temperature there is minus 58 degrees centigrade. - Read the rest

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