Breathtaking Google Street View Pictures of Antarctica (including the South Pole)

Ca n’t afforda misstep to the South Pole ? It ’s cool , neither can we . luckily , Google ’s catch us covered . Today marks the launch of Google ’s all-inclusive collection of panoramic street persuasion imagination from Antarctica — include the most precise , hi - atomic number 75 data available for some of the continent ’s most noteworthy destinations .

Writes Google Technical Program Manager Alex Starns :

Back in September 2010 , we launched the firstStreet View imagery of the Antarctic , enabling people from more habitable lands to see penguins in Antarctica for the first clock time . Today we ’re bringing you additional panoramic mental imagery of historical Antarctic locations that you could regard from the comfort of your homes . We ’ll be posting this special collection to ourWorld Wonders site , where you could learn more about the story of South Pole geographic expedition .

With the help of thePolar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesotaand theNew Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust , we ’ve added 360 - imagery of many crucial spot , within and out , such as theSouth Pole Telescope , Shackleton’shut , Scott ’s hut , Cape Royds Adélie Penguin Rookeryand theCeremonial South Pole[pictured up top ] .

With this technology , you may go inside places like [ Ernest Shackleton ’s ] Hut [ image here ] and the other small wooden edifice that served as infrastructure from which [ Antarctic ] explorers launched their expedition … Now anyone can explore these huts and get brainwave into how these men lived for calendar month at a time .

you could read more about the World Wonders Project and Google ’s ever - improving purview of the South Polehere .

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