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Geohashing Conquers the South Pole

Science · Earth · 2012-02-28 02:46 · posted by timothy · from the another-reason-to-want-to-visit-the-pole dept. · 40 comments

New submitter Kjellander writes "Randall, of xkcd fame, and inventor of Geohashing, has commented on the recent successful expedition of a Globalhash less than 1 km from the Amundsen-Scott research station by 5 brave scientists staying there over winter. The last continent has been conquered and many records broken."