Some bad news about the upcoming winter stay at the South Pole.  Due to a circumstance beyond my control I will not be going to the South Pole for the 2012 winter season.  I plan to apply for next year, so I do hope to be returning to the Pole and doing the live blog once again.

To keep this blog alive in the meantime I will be recounting some stories from my 2010 winter at the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station. There are a lot of stories and a lot of pictures I have not posted here.  So get ready for a winter 2010 retrospective!