I’ll admit I’m stupid.
Why aren’t they doing this during the summer?
(I’m afraid I just asked the equivalent of “Why don’t we travel to the sun at night?”)
It is summer south of the equator until March 21.
Um...This is SUMMER in the Antarctic. Below the equator the seasons are the opposite of ours. So those incredibly low temps are still not as low as they will be months from now when it is our summer and their WINTER. That is why they have to leave by Tuesday. Each day down there it is becoming colder and COLDER.
“Why arent they doing this during the summer?”
They WERE doing it during the summer. It’s now early fall, not far from the autumnal equinox, which is the point where the sun goes down for good at that latitude. When the sun sets, all activity in the Antarctic stops until Sept. 21.
>Why dont we travel to the sun at night?)<
Because it will be so dark we might fly right past it?
You got me, I stumped... LOL
It is February, which *IS* high summer in the Antarctic. Winter in the northern hemisphere is summer in the southern hemisphere, right ?
I don’t understand why this article implies winter is closing in.
Antarctica is currently nearing the end of summer.
“Ill admit Im stupid.
Why arent they doing this during the summer?
(Im afraid I just asked the equivalent of Why dont we travel to the sun at night?)”
Jeez! Because we couldn’t find it in the dark! You really
are stupid!
The axis of rotation of the earth currently has the Northern Hemisphere tilted away from the sun. Therefore we have winter. The Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. Therefore, Antarctica is having its summer.
It’s late summer down there right now.
It’s in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s Opposite Land. Water spirals the wrong way down the drain. Winter is Summer.
Did they cover this is Geography in your grade school? Maybe you’re not stupid, but simply ill-informed.
it is late summer, they need to be leaving before autumn.
winter in antarctica is bizarre, 100++mph gales, temperatures something unbelievable like -50c before wind chill.