This Norwegian dude had been wandering the South Pole for 86 days when he found his last cache hidden in the snow — he left on his way in and he didn’t take notes, so he couldn’t remember what was in it.
Does it get cooler than this? A telescope, called BICEP, collecting data on BLACK MATTER, located on the SOUTH POLE. I think that it does not. It’s hard to believe something this incredible looking is found on earth.
2010 was a great year for Science. NASA’s space plane (and the Dolly lineage) were resurrected while a secret laboratory Neturino observatory was built under the South Pole. Check out our best science stories of the year!
In 1910, two expeditions, one led by an adventurer, the other by a scientist, raced to become the first to reach the South Pole. Only one of the teams had the equipment and experience necessary to make it there alive.
