Officially everything is of a "scientific nature" but I doubt this is the actual truth. Hollywood seems to have access to lots of classified information when they make their movies or just a vivid imagination.... I am not saying everything in these movies is true but certainly they know more than you and me.

Another thing that strikes me odd is the general lack of interest in the poles other than the occasional, expensive cruise to the antartic perimeter. If you are american you gotta go through all that red tape. Why are people being so discouraged from going there? What are they trying to hide? Why not any satellite photos? I have tried zooming in on the perimeter of the continent but everything is from high altitude.

The word you are all looking for for is "Vostok".

hmm funny, i just finished writing another post on secret bases and one part i covered was the harewood u.s base in christchurch international airport. although in that post i did fail to mention that the american military operates there under the the antarctic agreement of 1961. both overt and covert miltary and intelligence support operations that have little or no relationship with antarctic science or logistics. operation deep freeze has gone on for many years in christchurch and antarctica. you can check out my post in the area 51 and other facilities forum under finding secret bases. it has some interesting points of new zealand involvement in global spying and the tip of the iceburg of australasia/pacific involvement in nwo and globalisation. also any comments and new friends welcome.

antinwochick

Spent 4 months on ice 98-99. Mostly mcmurdo but a few cool boondoggles out. No real secrets in Mcmurdo, and believe me I was looking.

Only three things of interest I found were that
1. A science project that was studying a fish that basically had antifreeze was reportedly partially funded by the military but there was no military oversight on Ice.
2. Mil van alley, there were 3 to 4 Mil vans (Shipping containers) that had been heavily locked and unopened for years. No one really knew what was in them and the old timers told me "Its wise not to ask too many questions"
My guess is radioactive material from the failed reactor. Possible a small cache of weapons but very doubtful. I was however semi promptly reassigned after asking about them, but there were other very legitimate4 reasons for that as well (Inventory for Winfly, didn't get along with ym boss ect...) Spent the rest of my hitch in 191-b an unheated (accept for the 3 space heaters I surrounded myself with) janesway tent full of bolts, screw, nuts, nails, ect....
3. The Radar Domes opposite Ob hill (visible on google earth). No one is even allowed to start up the road towards them. They are total military operations and the personel generally never mix. Most of the rest of the restriction on travel are for safety (and rightly so, crevasses are always popping up and it can go from sunny to full on blizzard from "Herbie alley" in a matter fo a half an hour ) But they are the primary source of ATC for all of the planes coming in and out (Navy C130's and 141s) and with a crew of only 3 to 5 people if I remember I doubt there are much shenanigans going on up there...

I still REALLY want to know whats in those mil vans though