Hello from the Great White North and Happy New Year Elke!
We have been enjoying your journal entries and your infectious enthusiasm for all of the important work ongoing at 90 degrees south. Your recent entries have caused me to reframe a question related to life and work at the pole.
Since the earth has a rotational speed at the equator of approximately 1,000 miles per hour, the speed at the poles is therefore zero. Are there any noticeable differences at the pole concerning this significantly reduced rotational velocity? Does this condition have to be taken into account in the experiments of the various programs?
For instance, it seems that it should simplify the tracking calibration of telescopes. But did it enhance or impede performances in the recent ‘Round the World race? No doubt, that would depend on the direction one took.
Stay healthy – we know you are happy.
love and peace
Sabina, Adriana, Clara, Paul