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Extricating somebody. >> anthony: there's a steep learning curve to flying down here, skillfully handle gale force winds, reduced control at high altitudes and the unpredictability of extreme turbulence around mountains and active volcanoes. >> ryan: slowly but surely climbing and it's minus 20 outside. >> anthony: erebus and that's -- >> ryan: mount terror. >> anthony: vo this is mount erebus, the southernmost active volcano on earth. antarctica was a great mystery for most of human history. only a theory, a great white space at the bottom of the world. >> ryan: we're just passing 8,500 so we...

A frozen constantly moving and shifting network of passageways. >> scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the floor comes up. >> anthony: requiring constant maintenance. what's supporting this roof? >> scott: compaction of the snow. >> anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping these tunnels clear and pipes flowing. >> scott: we're in the process of taking the chainsaw depth off the walls and ceiling to make them into a more usable entry. a lot of work. >> anthony: pretty amazing feat of engineering here. the lowest recorded temperature at the south pole is 117 degrees below zero. ...

Snowmobile. people climb around on those things? >> ryan: the mountaineers here you know have drills to practice extricating somebody. >> anthony: there's a steep learning curve to flying down here, skillfully handle gale force winds, reduced control at high altitudes and the unpredictability of extreme turbulence around mountains and active volcanoes. >> ryan: slowly but surely climbing and it's minus 20 outside. >> anthony: erebus and that's -- >> ryan: mount terror. >> anthony: vo this is unt erebus, e southernmost active volcano on earth. antarctica was a great mystery for most of human hi...

Drills to practice. >> there's a steep learning curve to flying down here, reduced control at high altitudes and unpredictability of turbulence. slowly but surely, it's minus 20 outside. >> this is the southern most active volcano on earth. antarcti antarctica. great white space at the bottom of the world. >> we're passing. you can see the main crater in just a second. >> the conditions endured by the first british antarctica

A frozen constantly moving and shifting network of passageways. >> scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the floor comes up. >> anthony: requiring constant maintenance. what's supporting this roof? >> scott: compaction of the snow. >> anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping these tunnels clear and pipes flowing. >> scottwe're in the process of taking the ainsaw depth off the walls d ceg to make them into a more usable entry. a lot of work. >> anthony: pretty amazing feat of engineering here. the lowest recorded temperature at the south pole is 177 degrees below zero. >> scott: ...