Weatherday: So we plant you, dear flag, on the South Pole

Canoes made from fuel drop-tanks of B52 bombers, Laos (2006).

Any mist or fog will clear to give a dry day. Some sunny spells possible later.

Highest temperature 7deg in moderate breezes from the south.

On this day in 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsden's party of five became the first group to successfully reach the South Pole.

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