Two for the price of one-Season 3 Finale.

That was quick, huh.

Now were at the point of the end of the austral summer and the custom picture of the staff whom I worked with the past couple of months.

I will admit things have been different with me being in charge for a whole season. At first, I thought the whole world was going to crash on me, when in reality that very seldom if at all occurred. This helps when I have a solid staff behind me. There may have been some growing pains as expected, but we all pulled together and created some South Pole weather magic out there.

From the left, we have Dale back for another season and this time he plans to stay at Pole longer than me, i.e., he's wintering. Next, we have Jeremiah, a newcomer but he has helped out things a lot in the Met office with his experience at other places around the world. On the far right, we have Rolf. He worked at one of the field camps last year and has decided to give Pole a go-around this year. He provided assistance in different ways, yet improved on operations just the same. I give my thanks to these three for a job well done and I hope that they get the rest the get after the season, especially Dale since he won't finish until November.

Take care everyone until next time.

Young Minds that want to learn.

Hi,

Things have gotten so busy for me that I'm about three weeks overdue with my last update.

What I wanted to explain this go around was how along with my regular job, that I have been explaining schoolchildren around the world by various means what I do at the South Pole. Thus far, I've answered some questions for a co-worker's sister, contributed to a Wiki Page (http://januaryweather.wikispaces.com) and shot some video for a local teacher that I know.

It's always a good feeling that there are students out there who are curious about your work, so I did what I could to provide the answers that were needed. It may have taken more time that I would have liked, but I did what I needed to do to help fuel the minds for the next generation. With any luck, some of them might even make it down to the ice themselves.