Who is South Pole?

The South Pole is the very bottom of the Earth, like standing on a giant ball and being at its tip.

Imagine you have a big round beach ball, that’s kind of how our planet looks from space. Now picture yourself standing on the very bottom of that ball, where all the lines of longitude meet, that's the South Pole. It's super cold there, like the freezer in your fridge on its coldest setting.

At the South Pole, everything is covered in snow and ice, and it’s so far south that the sun doesn’t come up for months at a time, just like when you stay inside during a long winter. But then, after those dark months, the sun stays up for months too! It's like having a never-ending day or night.

Scientists use maps and satellites, kind of like how we use paper maps to find our way home from school. They measure where the Earth is roundest and pin that point as the South Pole, it’s the starting line for all those lines going around the world, just like a spiderweb.