North Pole goes to the South, South Pole goes to the North, and vice versa.

Amundsen Scott Station, South Pole

The star is only a couple of degrees from the south celestial pole of Mars, so it could therefore be considered the southern polar star of Mars.

Ray Zahab treks to the South Pole

He explored the region around the South Pole.

The Local Meridian is an imaginary Great Circle on the Celestial Sphere that is perpendicular to the local Horizon. It passes through the North point on the Horizon, through the Celestial Pole, up to the Zenith, and through the South point on the Horizon.

Etah, the lead dog for Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole, the first to reach the pole.

The operation was named for the target 90 degree South latitude point (the geographic South Pole).

Scientists are assuming that ice also exists at Mercury's south pole.

The stories we were hearing got us to the South Pole.

This is how Scott and his men arrived at the South Pole.

At the South Pole there's a big scientific base. There's an airstrip.

Celestial Equator Celestial Poles Geographic Coordinate System

A month ago today I stood there 90 degrees south, the top of the bottom of the world, the Geographic South Pole.

Celestial Equator

Celestial Poles

Celestial Sphere

Celestial equator

Celestial Body

Together we had just broken the world speed record for a trek to the South Pole.

The Equatorial coordinate system is probably the most widely used celestial coordinate system. It is also the most closely related to the Geographic coordinate system, because they use the same fundamental plane, and the same poles. The projection of the Earth's equator onto the celestial sphere is called the Celestial Equator. Similarly, projecting the geographic Poles onto the celestial sphere defines the North and South Celestial Poles.

The rim of Shackleton Crater, towards the Lunar south pole, also has a near constant solar illumination.

Celestial Coordinate Systems

The Celestial Equator

The Celestial Poles

The Celestial Sphere

Celestial Equator Ecliptic

Draw Celestial equator?

This past January, I traveled to a place called WAIS Divide, about 600 miles from the South Pole.

Zeeman is a lunar impact crater located on the far side of the Moon near its south pole.

Hour Angle Celestial Sphere

We arrived at the South Pole. We huddled into that tent, 45 below that day, I'll never forget it.

Selenographic Pole

Geographic Pole

Magnetic Pole

Yes, it's uphill the entire way, because the South Pole is at 10,000 feet, and you're starting at sea level.

It is one of only three birds that breed exclusively in Antarctica and has been seen at the South Pole.

Pole, M.S., 1997.

This region seen here for the first time in the Cassini image taken in 2005. This is the south polar region, with the famous tiger stripe fractures crossing the south pole.

Late 1911, early 1912, there was a race to be the first to the South Pole the heart of the Antarctic continent.

Stratigraphy and Topography of McMurdo Crater area, Planum Australe, Mars Topographic maps of the Martian South Pole USGS map of Planum Australe

Some examples of great circles on the celestial sphere include the Horizon, the Celestial Equator, and the Ecliptic.

Pole caught no bycatch.

Pole, J. R., ed.

Scratching a Carrying Pole