If you think it's going to be cold where you are this week - just remember it could be worse.
The current temperature in Antarctica, the origin of a polar blast hitting the country this week, is a glacial -38deg.
Colin Arthur, a winter engineering supervisor and carpenter at Antarctica New Zealand's Scott Base, took this self-portrait as he made his way back to base this morning.
His fellow crew members wintering over at the base aren't due to see the sun until mid-August, and though skies over Scott Base are relatively clear and starry, NNE winds are blowing at 30km/h, and gusting at 50km/h.
Mr Arthur told Antarctica New Zealand's Lisa-Marie Brooks he acquired his "winter look" each time they stepped outside.
