Talk:South Pole Traverse

Importance ranking
Demoting to High importance to Antarctica, as subject is clearly currently not yet truly extant. Importance may change upon completion of construction. John Carter 21:38, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Past tense
I noticed everything shifted to past tense -- does that mean anything was done with fiber cable? Somehow I doubt it -- that would have been a project costing hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars requiring dozens of traverses by caravans of snow-cats and specialized cable-placing equipment. -- A. B. (talk) 20:17, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

WP HWY or WP USRD
Since this road connects two American research bases, should it not be tagged with USRD instead of HWY? --Admrboltz (talk) 20:17, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Doesn't WP:ANTHWY have a banner? Seriously though, an interesting question.  Under what state or type would this fall for USRD? –Fredddie™ 20:26, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * There is . :) If we retagged it to USRD, I'd leave it without a type or state, much like it isn't tagged for a HWY task force.  Imzadi  1979   →  20:39, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Assessment
I reverted the assessment back to C-Class for now. There's still additional content that should be added to this article by integrating items from the Further reading section as full citations. As a second reason, we have uncited material in the body of the article, including one item with an explicit "[citation needed]" tag present. This article has been on my to-do list for some time, and I will get back to it.  Imzadi 1979  →   05:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Distance markers
Do the flags that mark the route have any distance markings, e.g. "Mileposts", so the drivers know the rate of progress and can give their location if they have distress? I suppose they might simply use GPS to plot the location, perhaps customized navigators that have the route coded into them. GBC (talk) 18:15, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

revert
Retarding this revert, obliviously this highway isn't in "mainland" New Zealand, but it is in Ross Dependency. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 01:26, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The category is called "Roads in New Zealand", and since as I understand, no part of Antarctica is in New Zealand, Ross Dependency or not, the category isn't appropriate.  Imzadi 1979  →   01:45, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Also, regarding attempts to tag this article for WP:WikiProject Antarctica Highways, that isn't a serious or functional WikiProject. The banner isn't appropriate, sorry.  Imzadi 1979  →   23:37, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that's exactly the point. The point is that it is a WikiProject, and that the South Pole Traverse falls under it. MEisSCAMMER(talk)Hello! 14:46, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, I don't see any objections, so I'm going to put it back up. MEisSCAMMER(talk)Hello! 23:01, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Considering the first box on the "wiki project" says "This page contains material that is kept because it is considered humorous. Such material is not meant to be taken seriously." I don't think its banner should be used to tag actual articles.  Imzadi 1979  →   23:05, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

History
The article says the route was completed in 2007, but an NOAA photograph exists from November 1978 showing a black version of a U.S. Route 1 shield. From the NOAA album, the photo seems to be on the McMurdo-South Pole Traverse. Any ideas? 2606:A000:83D0:7F00:F556:BA52:90B4:4E66 (talk) 23:53, 27 January 2018 (UTC) http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/brs/coind38.htm
 * You're referring to this image, I think. I don't see anything at the album that would indicate it's not just a joke placed by one of the people stationed there. ☆ Bri (talk) 00:05, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Future references
Adding two very good references with a wealth of information that may one day be incorporated into the article: The book Blazing Ice by John H. Wright. This fascinating talk by David Bresnahan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMZ0ATLk38I 77.124.8.72 (talk) 19:44, 6 June 2024 (UTC)