Orbital Views of Antarctica | Fram2 Mission to Earth's Polar Regions | SpaceX
Fram2 Mission Commander Chun Wang: "Hello, Antarctica. Unlike previously anticipated, from 460 km above, it is only pure white, no human activity is visible."
The Fram2 Mission's crew are the first humans to view the Earth’s polar regions from space.
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi). Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica.
This is the first human spaceflight for Mission Commander Chun Wang (Malta), Vehicle Commander Jannicke Mikkelsen (Norway), Vehicle Pilot Rabea Rogge (Germany), plus Mission Specialist and Medical Officer Eric Philips (Australia).
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