Weather: Clouds briefly rolled in and warmed things up to around -46C. We’re now cooling back down to around -60C. Winds are light, around 5-10knts.
I’ve gotten about 12 hours of sleep in the past 4 days because I’ve been getting up at 0230 each morning for a conference which starts at 0300, and for phone calls and other meetings (and, of course, just to use DSCS which is up from 1-6am now).
Tonight I’m flipping my schedule, attempting to stay up late (until maybe 0300 or so) and then sleeping until about 9 or 10am. I have meetings a 0730 some days of the week, so we’ll see how this goes. It also means I’ll have to skip breakfast, which is kind of a bummer.
Anyway, things have been going smooth here and we’re seeing more and more light on the horizon! Summer is coming!
I don’t know if I’ve uploaded this photo yet, so here it is: a photo of me greasing the telescope under auroras and the Milky Way. Wind chill was around -140F that day… photo cred Geoff Chen
Allen's South Pole Winter-Over 2020 (+) 
Hello Allen, Thank you for sharing the magnificent photograph. The beauty (and composition of the shot), as well as its subject, take my breath away.
Glad you are doing well.
George
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Hello Allen! I’m a bit behind on the blog but catching up tonight. Wow, some of these photographs are spectacular but this one is otherworldly. Thank you for sharing it. I can’t imagine the schedule you’re keeping to communicate by satellite but I guess there is no alternative. I’m glad you try to find some humor in the madness. xoxo
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