Dear friends, We are pleased to inform you that on January 20, at 21:20 hours (local time in Barcelona) , the expedition *Pol Sud Sense Límits Obra Social "la Caixa"*reached its goal: the geographic South Pole! The joy was immense. We never doubted that it would succeed, but the bad weather which retained the expedition more than four days in Punta Arenas, brought the concern that the weather conditions could bring the strongest impediments in the future. However, the expedition members were anxious to recover this lost time and even arrived at their destination ahead of schedule.
The members of the expedition were received at the U.S. base Amundsen-Scott Station, when it was officially handled the sundial of the *Societat Catalana de Gnomònica* to the head of the base and being other senior members present, as commemorative item of their arrival at the South Pole. The head of the U.S. base thanked the gesture and begged the members of the expedition to sign a memorandum of this present , in which the name of the sundial (*SUSIE - Sundial on the Southernmost Ices on Earth*) and their authors (*Vilà, **I., Farré, E., Girbau, J., Ventura**, J.)*are mentioned. >From this document the personnel of the base will make a brass plate, full color, to be kept beside the sundial. The sundial will be kept indoors in this huge station to protect it from the permanent snowstorms; nevertheless it will be eventually used outdoors. More information can be found on www.gnomonica.cat www.polsudsenselimits.org Cordially, Conxita Bou
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