[CC] Internet to reach South Pole

[George(s) Lessard]

[ACC - 22.08.2002] Internet to reach South Pole.  (BBC NEWS) The 
internet is coming to the South Pole following a decision to lay a fibre-
optic cable nearly two thousand kilometres across the polar ice. It will be 
one of the most dramatic and challenging engineering tasks ever carried 
out in Antarctica. It will take years to design and construct, but when 
finished it will revolutionise communications with the South Pole. 
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2207259.stm  

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