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South Pole stubbornly sits upon heavy continental ice

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Unlike its oceanic northern equivalent, the exact bottom of the Earth sits atop an intensely massive slab of solid rock that is completely smothered by almost two miles of utterly lifeless compressed snow.

South Pole stubbornly sits upon heavy continental ice
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