| You may be surprised to know that both Dallas, | | | | scientific instrumentation at the research station. |
| Texas and the South Pole reach temperatures of | | | | Thankfully, their jobs are becoming easier thanks |
| 100 degree each July. However, the difference | | | | to modern technology. |
| between the two is that you experience negative | | | | Astronomers in North America can remotely |
| 100 degrees at the South Pole. This means you | | | | operate the telescope in the observatories of the |
| could freeze your skin off in mere seconds. | | | | South Pole. That marked the first time another |
| Currently, dozens of people spend half a year | | | | continent controlled equipment at the South Pole. |
| down there at the time, having to contend with | | | | The hope is that astronomers will someday be |
| isolation, little to no sunlight, and nothing else to do. | | | | able to use the telescope from the comfort of |
| This group's purpose is to maintain the U.S. polar | | | | the warm, comfortable, regular office. |
| base and to manage telescopes and other | | | | |