Good nightSun sets on 2012-13 summer season at South PolePosted March 22, 2013
Above, a last glimpse of the sun from the South Pole Station The 2013 winter-overs include grantee Robert Schwarz, who has wintered at the South Pole nine times. [See previous article — The Ice Man: Schwarz settles in for his eighth winter at the South Pole.] Another researcher, Dan Hrubes, has wintered seven times. More than another half-dozen Polies are on at least their second winter this season. (South Pole winter-over data |