Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 12
th, 2023 at 8:30pm:
Jesus! Weatherwise I am 5500Km from the Antarctic.
England is much closer to the Arctic than Tassie is to the Antarctic.
A husky etc would be heat stressed right now.
If I were you, Bobby, I would be looking to buy a brain.
2,645 kms from the Antarctic continent -
a lot closer in Winter when the sea ice extends for 100s of kms -
Hobart is subject to the cold circumpolar current and winds but
Tassie can get very hot in summer for 3 months or so.
It would be a frightening thing to fly due South in Winter
on say the 22nd of June from Hobart.
Even at around lunchtime you'd be flying into total darkness.
At the edge of the Antarctic continent the sun only comes just above
the Northern horizon for about 3 hours at around 11am to 2 pm.
That's at about 66 degrees South latitude.
At the South Pole it would be totally dark.