21 December 2012
Happy Solstice!
When we first arrived in McMurdo we still had sunrise and
sunset, although the daylight was long.
On 23 October we got our last sunset for the field season and it is now
24 hours a day of daylight.
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| One of the last sunsets. Photographer- Laurie Connell, Location McMurdo Station Antarctica. |
But today marks a shift in our pattern. For us in the far southern hemisphere, the
December solstice is when the sun begins to shift downward toward the horizon
as we slowly move into our long winter night.
Our next sunset is 20 February, still quite a long time away.
Does all of this daylight bother us? Well, it can make sleeping difficult but if
you pull down your cap or put on eye shades it is plenty dark to sleep.
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| Laurie Connell at Fang Glacier camp- photographer Hubert Stadiguel. |
We also work hard while in the field so can get so tired we
could sleep just about any place.
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| Photo of Rusty Rodriguez and Regina Redman sleeping in Helo. Photographer Scott Craig, location some place over Taylor Valley Antarctica. |
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