South Pole Winter 2014

Above...the winterover photo...I don't need to tell you the temperature. But that cold required perhaps 100 takes before nobody was breathing out a cloud of ice fog. With credit and thanks to photographer Robert Schwarz. Here's the real deal (4.5 mb).

Here's the 2014 Pole midwinter greeting card.


Here is a larger view of the Polie gathering. The original plan was to take an outside photo, but weather didn't
permit this. Signs of toast are clearly evident.

Below, the 41 intrepid Polies who survived the winter night: