Why do you go to the South Pole more than to the North Pole?

Because Antarctic resources are much richer than the North Pole. Antarctica is a huge natural "cold storage" and an important storage place of fresh water resources in the world, with about 70% of the fresh water resources on the earth. According to the data obtained from Antarctic geophysical survey in recent 30 years and the results of splicing related plates according to plate tectonic theory, it is confirmed that Antarctica is rich in coal, iron, oil and natural gas. Coal reserves are about 500 billion tons, followed by marine biological resources. Antarctica has the largest iron ore storage area in the world. The iron ore in the Antarctic continent is rich in reserves and high in iron grade. Known as the "Antarctic Iron Mountain", it can be used for 200 years, ranking first in the world. Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum and a small amount of non-ferrous metals such as gold, silver, chromium, nickel and cobalt are also abundant in the Antarctic Peninsula. Polymetallic manganese ore resources on the seabed are also very considerable. Antarctic oil and gas are mainly distributed on the Antarctic continental shelf and the western Antarctic continent. According to the survey, the Ross Sea, Weddell Sea, the continental shelf area of the Bellingsgajin Sea and the sea area of Prydz Bay are the main prospective areas and exploration areas with the greatest potential for oil and gas resources. Antarctic oil reserves are 50-100 billion barrels, and natural gas reserves are 300-500 billion cubic meters. In addition, there are huge potential resources such as wind energy, wave energy (or tidal energy) and geothermal energy in the Antarctic region. Antarctic special microbial resources in extreme environment have great scientific research value, potentially important economic and strategic significance, especially irreplaceable special role and scientific value in modern life science research and bioengineering experiments. In recent years, people have paid more and more attention to it, and it has become a hot field of international scientific research, and it is also the priority object for some Antarctic powers to acquire, develop and utilize in 2 1 century. Source: Travel Overview