Australia ? The Pole of Inaccessibility is, apparently, accessible.

A team of British and Canadian explorers endured seven weeks of howling winds and subzero temperatures to become the first expedition to reach Antarctica’s Pole of Inaccessibility – the geographic center of Antarctica – without any mechanical assistance.

The team dragged 264-pound sleds and traveled about 1,091 miles on foot and by kite ski to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility – the furthest point from any ocean – on Friday, according to a statement posted on the expedition’s Web site.

The Pole of Inaccessibility lies some 540 miles northeast of the South Pole, the Earth’s southernmost point.

It’s more than 12,221 feet above sea level and was first visited in 1958 by Soviet explorers who reached the remote outpost in a convoy of snow vehicles.

The team, led by Canadian Paul Landry, was surprised to find a bust of Vladimir Lenin erected by the Soviets nearly half a century ago still standing amid the ice.