Finding Antarctica’s Pole of Inaccessibility

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Rees, G., Gerrish, L., Fox, A., Barnes, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amery; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey; Ice Shelves; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531111/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531111/1/finding-antarcticas-pole-of-inaccessibility.pdf; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/finding-antarcticas-pole-of-inaccessibility/0B60DD5B8B675CA16812A2250B3E3547

Antarctica’s Pole of Inaccessibility (Southern Pole of Inaccessibility: SPI) is the point on the Antarctic continent farthest from its edge. Existing literature exhibits disagreement over its location. Using two revisions of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research’s Antarctic Digital Database...