Winterovering
In Station Amenities
At some point, in the year you stay wintering over, you have to pass the time. The station has a lot of things you can do, and I wanted to highlight a few of them. We’ll start with the room. The summer rooms are somewhat smaller than the winter rooms – the wing of the…
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Sunrise and Sunset
The geographic south pole, or 90S, is one of only 2 places on the planet where the sun rises and sets just once per year. The other is the geographic north pole. The sun set is on the March equinox, and the sun rise is on the september equinox. In between, the sun is either…
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Climate and Weather Monitoring
As much as we’d like to pretend otherwise, Physics is not the only type of science occuring at the south pole. NOAA conducts climate monitoring year round both with in place measures at the ARO building and with periodic weather balloons. They are nice enough to allow members of the station to come out and…
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