After their first foray into the Antarctic in 2010 to visit the penguins, the Google Maps team has returned to Antarctica to visit some of the frozen continent's historical sites. We've collected some of the great views to be had exploring this continent from your computer.
Google sent its street view cameras to Antarctica with the help of the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota and the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust, as a part of the Google World Wonders project.
They visited and photographed several sites: the South Pole Telescope, Shackleton's hut, Scott’s hut, Cape Royds Adélie Penguin Rookery and the Ceremonial South Pole.
Antarctica's South Pole Telescope Observatory is a 10 meter wide microwave and radio telescope. It was established in the South Pole because the thin atmosphere provides clearer pictures.
The South Pole Telescope has found hundreds of clusters of galaxies and will yield insights into dark energy.
Polar sunlight reflecting off ice crystals in clouds form this 'sun dog' natural phenomenon (scientifically known as parhelion).
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