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Yes, the majority of meteorite finds are found in Antarctica. It’s nothing particularly esoteric, though. No funneling by the Earth’s magnetic field (they’re moving far too fast for it to be a significant factor), no lack of industrial development. They’re black, and easily seen against the snow and ice.
Yes. I thought I remembered that but wasn’t sure how many come from the polar directions.
It’s actually slightly fewer coming in at the polar regions, because the ecliptic – the plane of the solar system – lies between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn across the Earth. And most of the crap in the inner Solar System (inwards of Neptune) orbits near the ecliptic. Only slightly, though. Perhaps one part in 10,000 at most, because well, 8,000 mile globe in a space where a million miles is almost nothing.