Author Archives: Jean DeMerit

Week 12 at the Pole

The sun takes its time setting at the South Pole. And even after it has [...]

Week 11 at the Pole

With the equinox last week, the annual sunset dinner was held at the South Pole [...]

Week 10 at the Pole

Close up, with the sun behind it, or from a distance, with the sun shining [...]

Week 9 at the Pole

The temperatures have been dropping, into the –50s °C, while the sun continues to get [...]

Week 8 at the Pole

It was a week of acronyms and snow surveys. Each year at the Pole, before [...]

Week 7 at the Pole

What’s the easiest way to get a nicely centered picture of an approaching airplane on [...]

Week 6 at the Pole

The week began with some extra-nice halos and ended with an exodus of most of [...]

Week 5 at the Pole

Giant spools sure do serve as a great photo prop. Now empty, these spools had [...]

Week 4 at the Pole

Last week we saw a sun halo, and a few weeks back we saw the [...]

Week 3 at the Pole

This “ring around the sun” is a halo, an optical phenomenon that occurs from light [...]