Mobile reception at the South Pole?

January 21, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Norwegians testing Opera Mini at the the South Pole

Norwegians' favorite travel destination, Antarctica, must have good mobile reception. It seems that some have been using Opera Mini in Antarctica. See the graph.

So, what content do you think they've been browsing?

Image "Taking an observation at the pole" by Roald Amundsen, from Wikipedia article "History of Antarctica"

Readers' comments 39

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TamilThursday, January 21, 2010 10:44:15 AM
Dark FurieThursday, January 21, 2010 10:45:08 AM
That's freakin' awesome!
coolmyllThursday, January 21, 2010 10:45:10 AM
Its lonely there. Maybe social networking (or pr0n ) ?
Sami SerolaThursday, January 21, 2010 11:05:23 AM
Originally posted by EspenAO:

So, what content do you think they've been browsing?

Some pages of course
thobiThursday, January 21, 2010 11:08:22 AM
*lol*
Knut Remi "DrLaunch" LøvliThursday, January 21, 2010 11:28:06 AM
Woohoo! Opera's got a monopoly in Antarctica!
GeorgeThursday, January 21, 2010 11:40:19 AM
LorenzoThursday, January 21, 2010 12:00:36 PM
Something that can warm them up
Charles SchlossThursday, January 21, 2010 1:39:50 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Happy.gif -
praetor87Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:04:25 PM
Dark FurieThursday, January 21, 2010 2:16:55 PM
There's a single search for "To Serve Man" on Google from that region.
HuzursuZThursday, January 21, 2010 3:25:50 PM
cool !
ZodiusThursday, January 21, 2010 3:44:00 PM
Curious... Perhaps the explorers are using satellite-mobile connection of some kind. Either way, good news for Opera
civitassterThursday, January 21, 2010 5:42:23 PM
Croatian "čigra"(spin)
http://www.mladensutej.com/Antarktika/49/Default.aspx

http://www.mladensutej.com/userfiles/image/slike/Ruta%20NWP.jpg
Uncle MickThursday, January 21, 2010 6:13:49 PM
Remember, there are phones with wi-fi.

As for browsing, maybe they're reading about Crean or Shackleton.
IKokeThursday, January 21, 2010 6:15:25 PM
Barraco Mármol JerónimoThursday, January 21, 2010 6:29:26 PM
el browser mas usado en la antartica yeah!
sk roquibul alamThursday, January 21, 2010 6:45:54 PM
alright, thats opera's special achievements.
L2D2Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:07:22 PM
Probably FaceBook.
Daniel HendrycksThursday, January 21, 2010 10:27:32 PM
Leif RømckeFriday, January 22, 2010 7:43:22 AM
Luke Mark CarolissenFriday, January 22, 2010 6:29:49 PM
hope dey took da beers out ! lol
ØFriday, January 22, 2010 8:15:49 PM
hahahahahahaha...
HoborgFriday, January 22, 2010 10:47:19 PM
They're twitting: "Ah... We're in Antarctica and Opera Mini still works damned perfect"...!

Or they could be some penguins found a mobile phone in the mouth of an Orca Whale...!
J. William CuppFriday, January 22, 2010 11:21:03 PM
Too cold for me.
CarolSaturday, January 23, 2010 12:24:37 AM
Ab fab
MuttsfanMonday, January 25, 2010 4:39:16 AM
Originally posted by L2D2:

Probably FaceBook.

More like IceBook
AdrianPMSaturday, January 30, 2010 1:13:57 AM
If someone checks StatCounter about Mobile browsers, Opera appears as 100% market share, and as preferred Mobile OS a majority uses Symbian OS, then Sony Ericcson.

Interesting...
JaredWednesday, February 3, 2010 1:26:33 PM
maYbe they're looking at their facebook accounts
James FitzpatrickThursday, February 11, 2010 1:10:47 AM
If i had to guess their lost so its google maps
Charles SchlossThursday, February 11, 2010 1:58:36 AM
Originally posted by BoomAtang:

their lost so its google maps

But what road could they look for, or they could be checking email who knows
JaredThursday, February 11, 2010 11:57:13 AM
Maybe Facebook XD
James FitzpatrickSaturday, February 13, 2010 1:55:46 PM
@Charles Schloss you don't need roads to work out where you are on a map
MuttsfanSaturday, February 13, 2010 7:31:35 PM
Originally posted by BoomAtang:

@Charles Schloss you don't need roads to work out where you are on a map

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads
Charles SchlossSaturday, February 13, 2010 7:52:24 PM
The roads are a bunch of snow covered and part of the year you can't even walk out side (condition 1)
Joseph D. LienTuesday, February 16, 2010 4:33:16 PM
Originally posted by Muttsfan:

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads

That's right - we're going Back to the Future, baby!
Charles SchlossWednesday, February 17, 2010 6:51:41 AM
Opera 11
James FitzpatrickWednesday, February 17, 2010 1:20:00 PM
:-olol:-o
Adonis @ my.opera /friendspartyworldSaturday, January 21, 2012 11:48:37 PM
I guess it couldnot have been an icephone ? But maybe the weather report? far too cold for me too btw.