The Antarctica Wind Chime

I like to call it an Ice Chime. This is an actual wind chime in Antarctica. None of the pictures on this blog are manipulated. This was taken in the Summer in Antarctica otherwise with temperatures getting much colder in recent autumn and winter seasons would literally find icicles clinging to it.

May 9, 2006. Kindly click on to animate. Thank you.

May 9, 2006. Antarctica at 3 AM.

Perhaps I should point out even the Peninsula is cooling. I wonder how the Adele penguins are doing. They probably feel as though a holiday has come this year. There status on the peninsula has become very tenuous over the last few years.

May 8, 2006

May 8, 2005. Antarctica at 6:00 AM. The news remains optimistic.

Morning Papers - concluding

The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

The temperatures at Scott Base are consistently cold over two days this week. This is the coldest I have noted at Scott Base. Scott Base rarely dips this low but certainly no matter the season over the past two years I have rarely seen a temperature below -19 centigrade. This is a curiosity and a very welcome one. I remain optimistic with will be a very good fall and winter in Antarctica. We'll see. Again, this is a rare temperature dip into the negative thirties. I hope it remains to be so.

Scott Base

Clear

-32.0°

Updated Tuesday 09 May 8:00PM



Scott Base

Clear

-31.0°

Updated Monday 08 May 8:00PM


The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:

Glacier Bay is not as optimistic in it's spring and summer seasons. This formerly robust glacial park of the USA has not seen encouraging temperatures for quite some time.

12:36 AM AKDT on May 09, 2006

37 °F / 3 °C
Overcast

Humidity:
87%

Dew Point:
34 °F / 1 °C

Wind:
10 mph / 17 km/h from the ESE

Pressure:
30.25 in / 1024 hPa

Windchill:
30 °F / -1 °C

Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV:
0 out of 16

Clouds:
Mostly Cloudy 2900 ft / 883 m
Mostly Cloudy 4100 ft / 1249 m
Overcast 4700 ft / 1432 m
(Above Ground Level)


May 8, 2006 at approximately 1:00 AM (No sunlight)

37 °F / 3 °C
Overcast

Humidity:
87%

Dew Point:
34 °F / 1 °C

Wind:
Calm

Pressure:
29.89 in / 1012 hPa (Rising)

Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV:
0 out of 16

Clouds:
Scattered Clouds 3600 ft / 1097 m
Mostly Cloudy 4500 ft / 1371 m
Overcast 6000 ft / 1828 m
(Above Ground Level)

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