ST. IGNACE, MI – Pieces of the Mackinac Bridge are now incorporated into the ceremonial and geographical South Pole markers in Antarctica. A circular piece cut out of a small section of original ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each January 1, scientists and staff at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station gather outside on the ice. This is not to celebrate ...

Brendan Fisher, left, and Troy Leighton pose at the South Pole with a sign Fisher made with steel from the Mackinac Bridge deck grating, listing the distance to the Mackinac Bridge from Antarctica.

“It’s old and dirty. Time for a change. Enough of this one,” astrophysicist Denis Barkats remarked in a Nottingham University documentary, while standing in front of a metal stake embedded in ...

ST. IGNACE, Mich. (WILX) - A heavy equipment mechanic for the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) brought pieces of the Mackinac Bridge with him to Antarctica. Brendan Fisher began his 13-month ...

Brendan Fisher (L) also made a sign from the bridge metal to show the distance between the South Pole and the bridge: more than 9,000 miles. On Monday, tens of thousands of people will walk across the ...

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