A very bundled up Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Antarctica on Friday. Kerry will be there for two days to talk to scientists about how the continent's climate is being impacted by climate change. He plans to stop by the U.S. research center McMurdo Station as well as the South Pole.
Aside from making him the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Antarctica, NPR reported Kerry's trip will also make him the "first secretary of state to visit all seven continents." Since assuming the role of secretary of state in 2013, Kerry has traveled more than 1.3 million miles, and he's going to be tacking on even more mileage after Antarctica. He'll next head to New Zealand, then to the Middle East for talks, and then to Morocco to deliver a speech at a global climate conference.
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