Antarctic Watch Headlines 01/08/2020

China’s 36th Antarctic expedition team completes data collection in Cosmonauts Sea
Xinhua, 2020-01-08
Members of China’s 36th Antarctic expedition team completed the data collection of conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) in the Cosmonauts Sea on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)

China’s Xuelong 2 conducts scientific research in Cosmonauts Sea
ECNS, 2020-01-08
Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2019 shows the krill samples collected by China’s 36th Antarctic expedition team aboard China’s polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 in the Cosmonauts Sea. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping …

Can it be too cold to snow?
WGN-TV, 2020-01-08
However, snow has been reported at manned stations in Antarctica at temperatures near -70 degrees. And here in Chicago an inch of snow fell on Sunday evening, Jan. 10, 1982, with the temperature …