Pole of inaccessibility (Antarctic research station)
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Pole of inaccessibility (Russian: Полюс недоступности) is a now defunct Soviet research station in Antarctica, located near the southern pole of inaccessibility ( ) — the point in Antarctica furthest from any ocean. It performed meteorological observations from 14 December 1958 to 26 December 1958.
It is located 463 km from the South Pole, and approximately 600 km from Sovetskaya. The surface elevation is 3,800 meters. It was reached in 1958 by the second Soviet Antarctic Expedition for International Geophysical Year research work. Its WMO ID is 89550 [1].
The station had a hut for 4 people, a radio shack, and an electrical hut.
Today, a building still remains at this site, marked by a bust of Vladimir Lenin, and is protected as a historical site. However, as of 2007, this building is almost entirely buried by snow, and only the statue (which is on top of the building) is visible. [2]
