Earlier this month, record warm temperatures dominated parts of Antarctic located due south of the southern tip of Argentina. Esperanza Base located on the northern tip of the Trinity Peninsula observed a winter record 15.4C on June 6th. Other research stations observed similar record warmth and for nearly 3 straight weeks, daily maximum temperatures in this region stayed above 32F causing extreme melting leaving the mountain bases of the Collins Glacier with bare ground. However, the real meteorological story across Antarctica is not the record warmth due south of Argentina, but the ferocious cold resting on the remainder of the continent.