@RaventheVerewolf, thank you. Sadly there wasn't much I was able to do about that. Playing around with the snow particle file just caused crashes and the game freezing upon entering South Pole. I may look into it further and create a patch that will either fix the snow to look more sandy, or remove the snow entirely.
@pkf7, a desert? Well, it really seemed like the only landscape I could go for that wouldn't require non-collision meshes to be placed. That, and some people don't really want meshes in South Pole, just those blind white textures to go away. I may play with non-collision meshes once I've gotten some permission from the administrators. Either way, thank you!