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Figure 1.28
Tourists ski by the ceremonial pole at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station as
preparations begin to honour the centennial of the
first people to arrive at the geographic South
Pole on 14 December 1912. (Credit: Brite Niezek, NSF)
Antarctica is no longer outside of our experience or beyond our compre-
hension. It is increasingly seen as important to our future, a key element of how the
Earth functions and a space for portraying human emotions through the many
forms of art.
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