- Week 16 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritAnd then…the auroras start to get bigger and brighter. Unfortunately, the weather last week at the Pole was mostly bad, […]
- Week 15 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritLast week had a mix of quiet days and less quiet days at the Pole. There was a monthly emergency […]
- Week 14 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritAww, that first aurora of the season—often rather light and wispy, here stretching across a sky that is still lit […]
- Week 13 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritLast week was relatively quiet at the Pole. Even the outdoor photographs have a sort of “quiet” and reflective feel […]
- Week 12 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritThe sun is now below the horizon, but there’s still plenty of light. Most of us experience this period of […]
- Week 11 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritThe lowering sun at the South Pole made for some great photos last week. Above, the sun itself is blocked […]
- Week 10 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritA nice halo surrounds the lowering sun at the Pole, with some mistiness along the horizon. Sun halos, also called […]
- Week 9 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritAh, the waning days of summer, when the shadows cast by the lowering sun lengthen with each passing day. Here […]
- Week 8 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritA small plane found itself parked in behind some other aircraft at the South Pole last week, but it was […]
- Week 7 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritThe station is technically closed for the winter season, but there are still some Basler planes (and their pilots) transitioning […]
- Week 6 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritAnd just like that, summer’s over and winter begins. At the Pole last week, a bunch of winterovers stood out […]
- Week 5 at the Poleby Jean DeMeritA white rainbow? Well, yes—it’s also called a fogbow! Fogbows are rarer than rainbows, and guess what—they’re sometimes referred to […]