A day and a life at the South Pole
Temperature: - 27.5 C, - 18.6 F
Windchill: -37.5 C, - 35.7 F
Wind: 0.0 in the morning 4 knts. Later in the day
Weather: Clear and Sunny
The weather in the morning…
Radiation to and from the Earth
Temperature: - 27.5 C, -18.2 F
Windchill: -37.2 C, - 35.0 F
Wind: 5 knts.
Weather: clear and sunny
The Global Monitoring Division of NOAA monitors also the incoming…
The moving of the geographic pole marker!
Temperature: -28 C, -18.4 F
Windchill: -37.8, - 36.0 F
Wind: 6.6 knts.
Weather: clear and sunny
Another year has started: 2008!
I was looking forward to…
Temperature: -27.5 C, 17.4 F
Windchill: -37.2 C, - 35.8 F
Wind: 5.6 knts.
Weather: clear and sunny
Although today is New Year’s Eve, yesterday was our official New Year’s Eve party, to be able to…
Pipes under the snow provide our heat - including for the early New Year’s Party at the South Pole.
Temperature: -25.3 C, - 15.5 F
Windchill: - 36 C, - 32.8 F
Wind: 11 knts.
Weather: overcast in…
The Safety and Health Department
Temperature: -25.6.8 C, - 14.1F
Windchill: - 38.4C, - 37.1F
Wind: 12.6 knts.
Weather: clear and sunny
A 6:30 am morning call gave me time to post the journals and…
Power and Heat is important
Temperature: -25.6.8 C, - 14.1F
Windchill: - 38.4C, - 37.1F
Wind: **12.6 knts.
**Weather: clear and sunny
Tim, one of the power plant engineers and former air plane…
The Water-Well at the South Pole.
Temperature: -26.3 C, - 15.3 F
Windchill: - 33.3 C, - 28.0 F
Wind: 4.2 knots.
Weather: 100% overcast in the morning, with ice crystals in the air. In the afternoon…
A team went across Antarctica.
Temperature: -27.8 C, - 18.0 FWindchill: - 36.0 C, - 32.8 FWind: 4.9 knts.Weather: clear and sunny
In the morning of Christmas Eve we had special guests arriving at…
Andy’s spectacular tale of ozonesonde retrieval **
**Temperature: -27.9 C, - 18. 1F
Windchill: **- 36 C, - 32.8 F
**Wind: 4 knots
Weather: Clear
It was another late night of sorting photos and…
Running around the world 3 times in 2.5 miles!
Temperature: - 28.5 C, - 18.9F
Windchill: -39.8C, - 39.5 F
Wind: 3 knots
Weather: clear and sunny
I went up at 7:30am to call my family in Germany.…
**Christmas Eve at South Pole: **
Temperature: - 28.5 C, -18.5 F
Windchill: - 36.6 C, -35.2 F
Wind: 2 knts
Weather: Clear and sunny
For many scientists it was a normal work day until the Christmas…
