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[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Whoa, there are so many more than I thought!

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Way more than I thought and way more in the interior of the continent than I thought too. Honestly I assumed there were none.

ETA: …also, an actual link to the article

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, sorry about the lack of an actual wiki link. I was up later than I should have been and sleep deprived when I posted.


Way more than I thought and way more in the interior of the continent than I thought too. Honestly I assumed there were none.

I felt the same way. I always thought there were under 15 active stations nowadays. And of those, I figured there were only 5-6 that were active year long. Boy, was I surprised when I learned the true amount!

[–] Vikthor@piefed.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

And some are still missing e.g. Mendel Polar Station

I wasn't able to find any information indicating that this station was lost, missing, etc. on the Wikipedia link you shared. Have I overlooked something?

[–] Vikthor@piefed.world 1 points 18 hours ago

I mean it's missing on the picture. The station is OK AFAIK.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you're at the south pole, how do you explain which direction you're going? Everywhere is north.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

During the polar day, you can identify the longitude (East-West direction) by the UTC and the position of the sun.

[–] brap@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I never knew I needed the answer to this question.

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago
[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

Ugg, need to find a new neighborhood, this one is overcrowded and gentrified.