Antarctica is far away but very important to us. The hole in the ozone was discovered here. I wanted to be in Antarctica to tell my grandchildren, yet to be born, that I was in this extreme location when 1999 turned to 2000. Prisitne and pure as Antarctica air appears, it already contains pollutants from the Northern Hemisphere. I worry what the case will be when 2000 approaches 2100? The rate of emission today, due to the burning of fossil fuel, will double the amount of carbon dioxide in the air by the end of this century.
