The warmest reporting station is:
Base Orcadas, Antarctica Lat/Lon: 60.8° S 44.7° W
Local Time: 12:24 PM GST (GMT -02)
Elevation: 20 ft
Temperature: 31 °F
Humidity: 70%
Dew Point: 25 °F
Wind: 25 mph from the NW
Wind Gust: -
Pressure: 28.77 in (Rising)
Visibility: 7.0 miles
The coldest reporting station is:
Amundsen-Scott, Antarctica
Local Time: 2:34 AM NZST on September 25, 2010 (GMT +12)
Lat/Lon: 90.0° S 0.0° E
Elevation :: 9285 feet
Temperature :: -93 Fahrenheit
Conditions :: Snow
Wind :: 8 mph from the SE
Wind gust :: -
Pressure :: in (Falling)
Visibility :: 5.0 miles
Clouds :: Few 11811 ft. (Above Ground Level)
Vostok is not the coldest reporting station either. It is 2000 feet higher in elevation, but, thirty degrees warmer.
Vostok, Antarctica
Local Time: 8:42 PM VOST (GMT +06)
Lat/Lon: 78.4° S 106.9° E
Elevation :: 11220 feet
Temperature :: - 63 Fahrenheit
Conditions :: Partly Cloudy
Humidity :: 39%
Dew Point :: - 70 Fahrenheit
Wind :: 9 mph from the WSW
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: in (Falling)
Visibility :: 12.0 miles
UV :: 0 out or 16
Patagonia is in Argentina. It is the largest ice field on Earth before reaching Antarctica. The longitude and latitude and climate of this ancient fossil are very different than the climate today in Antarctica. There really can't be any 'conclusions' drawn from its discovery. It is a rare find. The species is unusual. It is an incredible 'find.' But, sincerely doesn't reflect anything new about the ancient climate. Earth was very different. More biotic in content. No concrete, less humans, no stressful economy to the planet and far more forests and plants than today.
The family that includes daisies, sunflowers and dandelions (click title to entry - thank you) is the most widespread and diverse of all flowering plants, but its fossil record has remained scant. Now a team from Argentina has reported the first discovery of a large fossil that unmistakably hails from this group.
