Author Archives: Allen Foster

Weather: We got below -90F last week, but with high winds (gusting up to about 40mph) blowing in recently we’ve warmed up and reduced visibility greatly. Currently only around -60F, with windchill down near -100F. I haven’t posted in a while, due in part to the internet being up early (currently up from 4:45 AMContinue reading “June 19th – Day 169 on Ice”

Weather: It has been oddly warm for the past few days. Temperatures up near -35F, with winds 15-20mph. With the wind came clouds and warmer temperatures. The moon is supposed to rise today, though the visibility is so poor that we can’t see it yet. Hopefully the clouds clear soon and the cold weather comesContinue reading “June 01 – Day 151 on Ice”

Weather: With the moon down, we are in full astronomical darkness. The weather for the past few days has been very clear, calm and cold. The milky way is visible in it’s full glory and auroras have been really intense. Temperatures have been consistently below -80F and winds around 10mph. Yesterday, I laid down onContinue reading “May 23rd – Day 143 on Ice”

Weather: There has been some overcast and generally high winds recently. The moon is waning so it’s been quite dark outside, but we haven’t had many clear days to see stars or aurora. With the slight cloud cover the temperatures have been relatively warm, between -45 and -50C. Not much of note has happened inContinue reading “May 18th – Day 138 on Ice”

Weather: This past week we had some poor weather with high winds, which has since cleared up to clear, cold, calm conditions. Currently it’s -63C with 4m/s winds (that’s about -82F with windchills below -100F). The met weather station is currently borked after a software update, but we have the weather data from the topContinue reading “May 10th – Day 130 on Ice”

Weather: The weather has been crap most of the past week. Highly variable cloud coverage and high winds made for poor data quality as well as poor visibility. Today the weather has cleared and winds dropped. With the clearing clouds, temperatures have dropped nearly 20C, down to -60C with winds subsiding to 10 knots. WeContinue reading “May 03 – Day 123 on Ice”

Weather: The temps have warmed greatly in the past 3 days; we’re up near -40F !! Winds are moderate so windchills still down near -70F. Yesterday Zach, Nathan and I watched the Indiana Jones trilogy while run/walking on the treadmill. I got 24 miles in in the ~6 hours of the movie, doing .5miles walkingContinue reading “April 28th – Day 118 on Ice”

Weather: The winds subsided and skies cleared for a two days allowing for some great aurora viewing. We’re now back to high winds around 20mph and temperatures climbing to -70F as the turbulence mixes warmer air from higher in the atmosphere. The above photo is a 10s exposure of some particularly extensive auroras over theContinue reading “April 25th – Day 115 on Ice”

Weather: Temperatures have dropped almost 20C in the past two days as the clouds have cleared and wind has subsided (see image below). We’re now around -60C (-80F) with winds around 10mph. It has gotten quite dark outside with the setting of the Moon, although there is still some visible Sunlight on the horizon whenContinue reading “April 23rd – Day 113 on Ice”

Weather: It has been really windy and relatively warm for the past week. Average winds have been around 20-30mph for the day with gusts up to 40mph. Temperatures have been hanging above -60F for the most part but with the high winds it’s been below -100F windchill. With the increased winds, there has been aContinue reading “April 21st – Day 111 on Ice”