Antarctic Plateau fly over it. There are no land animals on Antarctic or Polar Plateau, except for nematodes, springtails, mites, midges, human beings and their laboratory animals. Antarctic Plateau The Antarctic Plateau, or Polar Plateau or Haakon VII Plateau, is a large area of East Antarctica which extends over a diameter of about , and includes the region of the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. This huge continental plateau is at an average elevation of about high. This plateau was first sighted in 1903 during the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic, which was led by Robert Falcon Scott.
Robert Wilson (ship captain) Robert Wilson (ship captain) Robert Wilson (1806 – 1888) was a Great Lakes ship captain operating out of Oakville, Ontario who helped black slaves escape to freedom as part of the Underground Railroad. Wilson was born in Ireland. His mother moved the family to Canada in 1817 after the death of her husband. Wilson was the master of the "Lady Colborne", a schooner that shipped grain on the Great Lakes. Slaves would be picked up from Ashtabula, Ohio and hidden in the hold with grain shipments. Following the American Civil War, African Americans in the Oakville area celebrated Emancipation Day