Where would you rather spend December weatherwise? Fairbanks, Alaska vs. South Pole

[Catgirl64]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

Fairbanks.

The South Pole may have 20 hours of sunlight, but there is nothing to look at. Fairbanks actually has things to do, people, etc.

Fairbanks

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Southpole

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This, 100%.

So, the south pole gets lots of sun in December. How would one enjoy it? The beach? A day on the slopes? A walk in the woods? Gardening?

Ha, ha, and ha.

It seems to me like about the only thing to do there, if you aren't a scientist, would be to step outside and stare at a lot of nothing, praying all the while that your sunglasses were strong enough to keep you from frying the hell out of your retinas.

I would visit the South Pole if teleportation ever became a reality, just to say I had been there. After about 15 minutes, I would be ready to leave.

[marlaver]

Antarctica is eerily beautiful, but in the coast and the peninsula. In the other hand, the inland part is among the few landscapes in the world that may clasify as "ugly".

[Steelernation71]

Neither. They’re good but still too warm. -90 would be better.

[error-404]

Definitely Fairbanks; I'd always take -30ºC with long nights and possible snow in a forest landscape, over -30ºC and unvarying sunlight with a completely barren landscape. Also, no plants grow at the south pole.

[Isleofpalms85]

If I absolutely had to choose, I would rather be in the warmer climate whichever place that would be. Both places are inhospitably cold though, but I’d rather be surrounded by spruce fir forest rather than a completely barren wasteland so in that sense I’d choose Fairbanks Alaska.

[svelten]

Fairbanks is much, much warmer than the South Pole. I know that level of cold just seems "cold" but having lived through both temperature ranges, Fairbanks in December is quite livable while South Pole, even in December is truly some new level of hell. It's like one of the coldest of cold snaps in the deep Prairies where you can't go outside without your entire body except for your eyes covered for more than a minute.

[wawa1992]

Fairbanks. It's a bit warmer, and having to spend a whole month in Antarctica during 24-hour sunlight sounds like a photokeratitis nightmare.

[sedimenjerry]

I'd hate my life but I'd actually choose Fairbanks. Still cold as crap at the SP. Not only is it 24 hours of day, the sun pretty stays a steady elevation. Doesn't have any sort of setting motion. Plus there's nothing to do.