/chuckles @ "Most geographers actually consider the southern hemisphere to be part of the globe."

I have to point something out here. The Northern Hemisphere is going into Winter.

That means the Antactic and points south of the equator are coming OUT of winter.

That means there's a hell of a lot of ice down there right now. Summer in the north, the north pole MELTS. Winter in the south means the south pole freezes.

I guess some of the "scientists" out there just keep forgetting that part of it....