Author Archives: Allen Foster

Weather: Cold, calm and clear. Temperature near -100F, winds less than 5 knts! Today, I decided I couldn’t waste the low winds and went for a run out to the polarization calibration source (something like 3km from the station… they moved it closer last year, but it used to be 5km from station). It wasContinue reading “Sept. 10th – Day 252 on Ice”

Weather: Warmer, around -65F with light winds and some clouds. Today the winds were light enough for me to brave the cold for an outdoor run. Went about 3 miles before I was worried about frostbite on parts of my face and neck that were slightly exposed. Beautiful to see the sun start showing itselfContinue reading “September 8th – Day 250 on Ice”

Weather: Cold, windy, blowing snow and low vis. We got down to -70C a few days ago, and it has averaging around -63C for the past few days (that’s like -85 to -90F). Winds have been pretty high, so the windchill has been brutal. We took our window covers on the station down today… youContinue reading “August 31 – Day 242 on Ice”

Although the Sun won’t rise for another 3 weeks, we can see signs of real-deal sunlight. Even some yellows and oranges in there too! Even with the impending sunrise, temperatures are still cold. According to our meteorologist, we may have some of the coldest days of the year so far next week! It’s currently -60CContinue reading “August 28th – Day 239 on Ice”

Weather: It was very cold and clear the past few days. Temperatures down near or below -90F and winds generally around 10knts, which makes for a cool -140F windchill. A little timelapse of the Milky Way over the station… if you pay attention you’ll see why astronomers hate satellites! Even here at the South Pole,Continue reading “August 20th – Day 231 on Ice”

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 forContinue reading “August 15th – Day 226 on Ice”

Weather: It has been cold and clear recently. Temperatures regularly below -90F. We hit our low temperature of -101.2F last week according to our meteorologist. We are now entering Astronomical twilight, which means that there is a slight hint of sunlight appearing on the horizon! There is hope yet, that the Sun will return! WeContinue reading “August 11th – Day 222 on Ice”

Weather: We finally broke through the arbitrary barrier of -100F yesterday! Clear skies and lowish winds accompany the cold. We have started working in earnest on this year’s submissions to the “Winter International Film Festival of Antarctica”, where stations from all around the continent (and thus of all different nations) submit films for competition. TheContinue reading “August 1st – Day 212 on Ice”

Weather: Clear earlier in the week with nice auroras. Now cloudy and warm(ish), around -50C. We celebrated “Fesitvus in July” this weekend, with the airing of grievances, a white elephant, and lots of festive holiday movies. I didn’t take any pictures of that, but I do have this beautiful photo of the other SPT winterover,Continue reading “July 27th – Day 207 on Ice”

Well I’m embarrassed that it’s been so long since I posted on here. The combination of being busy combined with the internet coming up early has really made it tough for me to upload things on here… that or I’m just getting lazy. Either way, here’s a quick recap of the past few weeks! Weather:Continue reading “July 22nd – Day 202 on Ice”