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South Ice
South
Ice
was a
British
support base
from the South
Pole
at 81°57'S, 29°00'W in
Edith Ronne Land
,
Antarctica
during the
International Geophysical Year
,
established
by
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
, where
three men
overwintered during
the Antarctic
winter of
1957
. In the same winter,
men
overwintered
for the first time
at the
South Pole
.
The name of
the station
contrasts
to
North Ice
which was a British
research station
in
Greenland
.