A couple people have asked what the weather is like down here. Simple answer - it's cold... but it's not as bad as you might think. The first three days I have been here have been really good weather days (relatively speaking). High temps have been around 10 and lows around -10, but with the wind chill it has felt about 5-10 degrees colder than that. That sounds pretty cold, but after you've been here for a bit, it really doesn't seem that bad, as long as the sun is shining (which it has been). This is actually considered warm weather, and some people (nutcases if you ask me) walk around in shorts.
Today however, the weather looks like it is going to take a turn for the worse. Winds are going to pick up and its going to cloud up. Winds will probably be 35-40mph tonight and tomorrow, with wind chills tomorrow morning probably around -40 (now that's cold). I think the shorts will disappear tomorrow.
Here are few more pictures...
Mt Erebus with steam coming out the top. It is over 12000ft tall, and is the world's southern most active volcano.
Close up view of Mt Erebus
From the top of Ob Hill. Appropriately named White Island (left) and Black Island (right) in the distance with the Ross Ice Shelf in between it all.
Anyway...sorry you are freezing your buns off. I love you.
ReplyDeleteKinda makes you want a Starbucks or in our case a Flying Gatto-Bucks. Why didn't you write about the FIRE and HAZMAT CREW, instead of just talking about freezing your buns off? HELLO! We KNOW you are freezing your buns off... you work on an ice shelf ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is really new to me so for the first time (before I write a book) lets just see if this gets to you. Love MOM
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are amazing Chris! I can NOT believe people are walking around in shorts in 10 below!!
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