
Why am I saying goodnight?
March 21, 2016
“For researchers at NOAA’s South Pole Atmospheric Baseline Observatory, Sunday March 20 marks the start of the austral autumn, the last time they see the sun for six months.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the spring equinox promises warmer days.
In the observatory, that is part of the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, in winter, it’s so cold aircraft can’t fly and scientists are marooned until late October.
“It’s the coldest, driest, flattest place you can imagine,” said NOAA Corps LT Jesse Milton.”










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