The Geographic South Pole! With the 2021 pole marker

[@Capade]

This is the kind of Video I've been looking for for months; Just raw footage of the South Pole

[@b-1sauce525]

That’s different than the other geographic south poles I’ve seen. I’m confused

[@DaveTexas]

That is so cool! You can circumnavigate the globe, crossing all lines of longitude, in just a few steps by just walking in a circle around the pole! Your videos might just be the most interesting videos on KZbin. This is content that only a few people could ever create. Thanks so much for doing these videos!

[@I.M.Q7119]

It’s the “24 pie slices”. (Was going to corners, but it’s not corners) Sort of. Times zones are funky down there. In theory, there’s 24 equal times zones.

[@VishalYadav00003]

The best place in the whole world to observe night sky beauty 😮😮😮😮

[@beratceylan4668]

Don't ever come here to steal penguin land

[@TMD3453]

I love it that there’s A Little Free Library at the South Pole. Don’t underestimate the grass roots! :) Cheers

[@tayzonday]

How do they locate the geographic south pole? Looking at a GPS until both numbers say 0? I assume that "geographic" means it is different than the magnetic south pole.

[@JoeSpinstheGlobe]

The USGS used to come out with their precision gps (and other instruments) to place it once a year (the marker moves constantly due to the ice sheet migration). I'm not sure if they still do, i haven't been around on Jan 1st. And yes magnetic South is over 1000 miles away

[@KingdaToro]

On a GPS it would be 90 degrees south latitude, undefined longitude. Both numbers saying 0 is where the equator and the prime meridian intersect, in the Atlantic near Africa.

[@MsHojat]

I don't know how much it is used (if at all), but one method would be to spend time analyzing the sky. With computers this could be done much more easily (automatically) and quickly.

[@L-mo]

⁠​⁠@@KingdaToro falls about 380 miles south of Ghana and 670 miles west of Gabon. Natural Earth GIS Data added an imaginary island to the 0,0 location in 2011. It is a designated area of one square meter (10.8 sq ft) called Null Island.

[@JacquesTreehorn]

They use OPUS solutions for a point near the south pole and then convert the solution from LAT/LONG to Universal Polar Stereographic Coordinate System, which is a cartesian coordinate system, like the graph paper you see in your algebra / calculus classes. The coordinate for the South Pole is the same as the coordinate for the north pole using the UPS system. It is usually only used by the military. The actual coordinate for the South Pole in Universal Polar Stereographic has a lot of sixes in the Northing and Easting, which is x and y on your graph paper. You are correct in your assumptions. Geographic is very different than magnetic. Magnetic moves too much to be used for any kind of accuracy. The ice on top of the Geographic South Pole moves 33'/year so it is set once a year for the ceremony on January 1st. By the time the ceremony happens it is already off of its Geographic location by 6'-9' depending on when the surveyors set it. It is only really accurate to the date of the OPUS solution used to set it which happens several months before the ceremony depending on weather and work load.

[@simondavey7787]

You should install a bookcrossing point there too. What a stunning place.

[@HuskyMachining]

i would love to machine a marker for the south pole! im so jealous

[@debt4717]

Nice video, Joe! Thank you!

[@ExposeAntarctica]

Cool man. Looks like a great time.

[@AlexMuseMatrix]

You're the person who took the google maps photos! I see you in the reflection of the pole!

[@saganc.4090]

they have 'the thing' as one of the books. Agh im dying

[@raystravel8325]

Cool spot. But I don't see the entrance to the inner Earth. Does those black flags lead to it? 😜😁

[@stephencaudle1766]

Imagine standing upside down for that long

[@I.M.Q7119]

There is this thing in human ears that tell us which way is up. But just imagine being on a flat earth-ok let’s have it-all around the globe.

[@eileenh4927]

I'm curious to see how your team's marker came out!

[@JoeSpinstheGlobe]

Yep making a video about that in the future ☺️

[@andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175]

How far does the pole move every year?

[@industrialpalletworx3548]

I wanted to see the dome. When I went there none of those other structures existed.

[@GenerationX-WingPodcast]

Dumb question but do people feel the spin of the Earth when standing directly at the pole? why or why not?

[@_D_P_]

The earth takes a full day to rotate. Given that there are 1440 minutes in a day, that is 0.0007 RPM. You would not feel it.

[@johnhenry9405]

Back again for winter 2022 ?

[@eprohoda]

‘su?p~cool job. Joe- :)

[@_D_P_]

What happens to the old poles?

[@ryan61384]

Wait they don't make you go outside to visit the library to take a book or leave a book?

[@CarlineMullins-te9hg]

😊 cool 😎

[@wynand988]

does the sun still drift up and down throughout the day there, as you said its getting close to the horizon?

[@satirikos1234]

Interesting! I have a question, is there a specific place there that if you have a compass and move around that place it will make a 360 degree turn because it will awlays want to point north?

[@JoeSpinstheGlobe]

Good question, however the compass aligns with The magnetic South Pole ( over a thousand miles away), not the geographic South Pole

[@satirikos1234]

@@JoeSpinstheGlobe so while being on the magnetic south, does it just get confused all the time?

[@JoeSpinstheGlobe]

That's a really interesting question, I'm not sure, I've never been there. I wonder if someone has done that on KZbin

[@isaachenrikson3197]

@@satirikos1234 I'm far from an expert on these things but since at the magnetic south pole magnetic field lines would be almost perpendicular to the ground at the south pole, I'd guess that the compass would either a. not rotate at all since there's no real force pulling it to the side or b. rotate to face whichever side is lower to the ground (So it would change based on tiny rotations in your hand)

[@1dgram]

​@@isaachenrikson3197it's the magnetic dip (taken to the extreme) that we learn about as we train to become pilots

[@facepIant527]

Haha theres little free libraries for pokemon go. Is it a poke stop? Lol

[@A_literal_zombie]

You said that the overwinter team places it, but wouldn't the new Year start in the Antarctic summer since the seasons are opposite of those in the northern hemisphere?

[@JoeSpinstheGlobe]

I have slow Internet right now and can't watch it but i may have misspoke; the overwinter team designs and makes it, the oversummer team places in January

[@DibbleDave]

Is Amundsen’s tent still there?

[@marcdb1412]

Hi Joe, thank you so much for your video. It is nice to see the geographic South Pole. One question: what the compass would show when put it at the South Pole marker ??? Cheers.

[@Thunderwingisatakenalias]

There are two poles: Magnetic and geographic. Compasses point to the magnetic pole, which is constantly moving. The geographic pole is a single point at the rotation axis, and generally doesn‘t move. The magnetic poles have moved quite much over the last few years and are currently quite far drom the geopraphic ones.

[@marcdb1412]

@@Thunderwingisatakenalias Thank you. I guess only those who are there in person will experience that. Much appreciated. Cheers.

[@LeBellaWilde13]

hello, you make nice content, thank you! in which timezone do you live there at the south Pole?

[@josephd.5524]

I'm from the other side of the globe and all I can say is you're lucky you ain't having to watch for polar bears.

[@SP6QKX]

[@sherlockholmes6956]

Is it possible to make a geolocked pole that can show us in real time how fast the earth spins at the pole? For muslims: How would one pray the daily prayers and start and stop the fasting? I really want to go there. My wife and I are both pharmacists, and we would love to come down there and work for extended periods. I am also very handy and can help out with any other projects.

[@Thunderwingisatakenalias]

technically, the earth doesn‘t spin at all at the poles, that‘s the definition of a pole. I guess you could never or always fast during ramadan, as the sun doesn‘t rise or set there. But that isn’t really the spirit of what the fasting should be. The best thing would probably be to choose a time zone (Mekka, your own, station time) and use 6 am and pm as the theoretical sunrises/sunsets.

[@BT-uq3qw]

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[@adventureswithjosie]

That's really cool! What type of DSLR camera do you use?

[@JoeSpinstheGlobe]

This was shot on a dji action camera. I used a Panasonic gh5 elsewhere, but have upgraded to a Panasonic S5 since getting home!

[@adventureswithjosie]

@@JoeSpinstheGlobe Oh nice! Have fun with the new camera! I am currently still using my old Canon Rebel T3i but hope to upgrade to a new mirrorless in the near future. I also use a GoPro 10 and a Samsung Galaxy 21.

[@janjirifrandsen5334]

If one stand at the exact south pole.... would'nt everything around you then spin?

[@MsHojat]

yes, but you and the air around you would be be spinning as well; all in sync with the earth. However, more importantly Earth spins so extremely slowly. Only one rotation per day, which is slower than the big hand on a clock (twice as slow). It's imperceptible to a human..

[@I.M.Q7119]

Even though the earth does spin at ~ 1k MPH by comparison, that’s incredibly slow.

[@I.M.Q7119]

@@MsHojat Thought I’d echo you. 😎👍

[@Norsilca]

​@@I.M.Q7119That's near the equator. Standing next to (1m from) the south pole, you'd be moving 26cm per hour.

[@I.M.Q7119]

@@Norsilca That makes no sense.

[@PinochleSundae]

Now that's the Deep South!

[@SpaceCattttt]

What I don't understand is why there's a U.S. flag at the geographical South Pole?? Oh sure, there's "symbolic" South Pole a short distance away where the flags of 12 countries are present, but every year when the geographical marker is changed, the U.S. flag is planted next to it. As if the United States were the first to reach the South Pole! HA!

[@SalmanAlavi-rt3nl]

Flat?!

[@I.M.Q7119]

Imagine you’re the size of a grain of sand on a pretty big beach ball, one that you have to hug to hold. From that size, would you be able to visually see the curvature of the earth? I’m guessing not.

[@clightning300mi]

Where are all the flags of the world

[@littlesandn8719]

Pull out a real magnet and see what happens. Then ask yourself where the real geprgraphic Southpole is

[@D3thT0ne]

not a flat earther, but why is it a big secret down there lol

[@JoeSpinstheGlobe]

It's not? Check out my whole channel

[@I.M.Q7119]

You can get a job there.

[@Thunderwingisatakenalias]

It‘s not a secret, it‘s just that not many people live there due to it being a desert made of ice. Can you imagine a civilisation developing on it‘s own in the following conditions? 1. No liquid water (it‘s all ice) 2 No plants 3. No sunshine for half a year 4. thin air 5. Always freezing temperatures 6 Barely any precipitation