Upper left: Amundsen's team at the south pole via dog sleds in 1912. Upper right: Hillary at the south pole on a tractor in 1958. Lower left: Apollo 17 on the Moon in 1972. Lower right: Artemis mission back on the Moon in 202x
Upper left: Amundsen's team at the south pole via dog sleds in 1912. Upper right: Hillary at the south pole on a tractor in 1958. Lower left: Apollo 17 on the Moon in 1972. Lower right: Artemis mission back on the Moon in 202x

Keith’s note: On this date (3 January 1958) Sir Edmund Hillary’s team reached Earth’s South Pole – the first time humans had gone overland in 50 years after Amundsen/Scott. Now we’re flying recons over the Moon 50 years after Apollo to land at the lunar south pole – next to craters named after Antarctic explorers.

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