Party at the Pole

Wednesday August 21st 0430 - A beautiful day with a hint of sunlight! We are now in nautical twilight with the sun at -11.4 degrees. The sun will be at 0 degrees on September 21st. The bright spot is the planet Venus at 1 degree above the horizon. I have never seen Venus so bright. I took this without a tripod so it is a little blurry but a sight to behold after months of darkness! The ambient temperature is -87 F with a windchill of -123 degrees. 

A recent Saturday night. Good food, drink, friends, music and games...and even a bit of dancing. It was -90 F outside but warm inside.

"Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica."

This is the refrain from a song by The Sunlandic Twins of Montreal. For a Winter Polie this can not be more appropriate. 

Chicken taquitos.

Stuffed burgers.

Beer and bacon.

Freshly fried tortilla chips and dips.

Shrimp on the left along with spicy chicken wings.

Potato wedges on the right.

I haven't had a beer in several weeks.

If you like burgers this looks like a good one.

My drink of choice.

Almond cookies.

We set our own weather.

The South Pole gets all the Antarctic weather.

A typical Winter Polie!