October 23, 2006.
3:00 PM
Antarctica
The heat over this ice continent is picking up quickly (click on). It's rather surprising actually. There are many sites near zero or warmer than zero Celcius. In the animation it is hard to find a deeply frigid area between the hours of 6AM and 9AM. Even Vostok is moving to a warmer air temperature of 53 degrees C.
Heck. I am not optimistic. It looks as though the wonderfully cold temperatures of the Fall and Winter will be for not. But, better to have recovered at least that much in the face of this newly stark reality.
