Le district polaire austral est formé d'un continent, l'Antarctide, plus vaste que l'Europe et centré, approximativement, sur le pôle Sud, que ceinture un anneau océanique continu, l'océan glacial Antarctique.
At the age of twenty-one, John Prebble set out to 'discover' Scotland, and just as Scott had been enthralled by this fiercely distinctive land, so Prebble's imagination was similarly enchanted and challenged.