The continent around the South Pole is uninhabited, although there are research stations where scientists work. Apart from the scientists and ‘eclipse tourists’ there was therefore no further attention.
Among the eyewitnesses was Raúl Cordero of the University of Santiago in Chile. He said the eclipse was extremely visible. Totality, or the length of time that the sun as seen from Earth is completely blocked by the moon, lasted less than two minutes.
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Next time only in 2039
The American aviation organization NASA broadcasted images of the solar eclipse via a live stream from Union Glacier Camp, about a thousand kilometers north of the South Pole. That is the only camp where guests can stay in the summer season.
The previous total solar eclipse in Antarctica was on November 23, 2003. The next time will be in 2039.
A partial eclipse could be seen from southern Africa, the southern tip of South America and far southeastern Australia.
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