QUESTION:
I know it is dark for six months in Antarctica, but is it 
completely dark?

        From Daniel R., in Ms. Wingate's Class, TX.

ANSWER from Mary Lenox, ASA, Administrative Coordinator
            Palmer Station, Antarctica
            Wed, 19 Feb 1997 16:57:08 -0500

Hi, Daniel!

At Palmer Station which is north of the Antarctic Circle, it doesn't 
get completely dark during the winter.  We have kind of a dusk light 
between 10 am and 2 pm for about six weeks of the winter after which 
it starts getting lighter again.  At McMurdo Station they have about 
three months of total darkness and at the South Pole Station, they 
have six months of total darkness.

Thanks for your question!

Cheers,
Mary Lenox