ANTARCTICA WEEK 1.5: Disappearing Darkness

Written By Jack Cox

Southern Exposure bar in the diminishing sunlight.

The Austral Summer brings a constant light to the Southern Hemisphere. I arrived during “Winfly”; the period at McMurdo that marks a coming end to winter and a change in personnel.

Dorm 209 at sunset, McMurdo Research Station Antarctica

Dorm 209

frozen and windswept sea ice on the ross ice shelf

Windswept sea ice on the Ross Ice Shelf

We are still technically in winter and are able to enjoy magical sunsets and darkness before the sunlight covers the land 24/7 in Mid-October. While I am here too late to enjoy the Aurora’s, I have been making a point to explore the base to photograph the darkness before it is completely gone for the season.

Observation Hill, McMurdo Research Station Antarctica
McMurdo Research Station, Austral Summer, Winfly

A nighttime parade in front of the dorms after our Outdoor Safety Lecture.

Observation Hill or “Ob Hill” shrouded in blue as the sun sets for one of the last times until Late February. Austral Summer. Constant Daylight

Observation Hill or “Ob Hill” shrouded in blue as the sun sets for one of the last times until Late February.

 

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Jack Cox

Jack Cox is an Expedition Guide, Cinematographer and Photographer who specializes in in authentic adventure, wildlife, and landscape imagery.

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