It is currently -81 degrees F at the Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole; pretty cold even by Antarctica standards. Most of the 200 people who work there during the "summer" have left and and only a few dozen winter-over people remain. Autumn (and winter) are setting in and the sun is low on the horizon. After the solstice next week the sun will not rise again at the South Pole for another six months. And we think we have it tough!
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