How to Use south pole in a Sentence

south pole

noun
  • Griffin-1 will target the south pole of the moon.
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • India's craft was the first to touch down on the moon's rugged south pole.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The south pole lies directly on the crater rim.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The planet has frozen north and south poles, like on Earth.
    — Joel S. Levine, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This was the first time any country had landed a probe on the south pole.
    — Emilien Coquard, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The moon’s south pole is pockmarked with craters that are thought to be filled with water ice.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In 1983, this jet was the first to fly over both the north and south poles.
    — Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The mission marks the first landing of any country near the south pole.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • India became the first country to reach the moon’s south pole.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • It's also believed that the south pole contains more ice than the north pole.
    — Fox News, 8 Aug. 2019
  • From there, a pair of astronauts will attempt to land on the moon’s south pole.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2022
  • The aim is not just to send astronauts to visit the the moon but to set up a base near the south pole.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The lander is aiming to touch down 186 miles away from the moon’s south pole.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The mission would have been the first lunar landing in the south pole region of the moon.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Both countries are eyeing the lunar south pole, where there is water in the form of ice.
    — Christian Davenport, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
  • Much is still unknown about the moon’s south pole, the region where the spacecraft landed.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Overall, nine cyclones were spotted over Jupiter’s north pole and six over the south pole.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The icebergs and the frozen caps in the north and south poles are melting and sea levels are going to rise.
    — Rene Rodriguez, miamiherald, 31 May 2018
  • The goal this time is a moon base near the lunar south pole, staffed by astronauts as well as robots.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • The next stage would be the truly hard part—achieving a soft landing on the Moon’s south pole.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
  • That heat is shrinking the ice sheets at the planet’s north and south poles and causing the oceans to expand.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Japan will provide the unmanned launch spacecraft and the rover, which will explore the moon’s south pole.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Around 4 billion years ago, a massive meteor struck the south pole of the moon.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2021
  • There may be a lake buried beneath the ice on the south pole of Mars, a new study has suggested.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The main image at the top of this article (and the video above) is of the Sun’s south pole.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • This third flight would culminate in the Moon landing at the lunar south pole.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Much of this traffic will be confined to an area within 100 miles of the south pole.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But the tall, spindly lander face-planted in a crater near the moon's south pole and was declared dead within hours.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
  • And on Monday, India plans to launch a mission to the moon's south pole.
    — Author: Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2019
  • The mission is scheduled to launch in 2028 and will aim to land near the moon's south pole.
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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