the South Pole

noun

: the most southern point on the surface of the earth

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In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice is when the North Pole tilts toward the sun and the winter solstice is when the South Pole tilts toward the sun. Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025 The yacht is named after Robert Were Fox the Younger, a 19th-century scientist who invented a compass that measured magnetic dip at sea in high latitudes, leading to the discovery of the South Pole. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2025 For example, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole includes a grid of more than 5,000 sensors embedded in the Antarctic ice. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025 Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Across the South Pole’s frozen expanse, there lives only one purely terrestrial animal: a tiny insect called the Antarctic midge. Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the South Pole

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“The South Pole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20South%20Pole. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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