This Mainer Watched The Pandemic Unfold From the South Pole Honestly, the amount of envious I am of this fella is off the charts. But then again, I'm the kind of guy that when something is going on in the world -- be it a 9/11, the Boston Marathon Bombing, or, in this case, a pandemic -- I want to be home with my family trying to help in any way I can. Mainer Jeff DeRosa tackled things a little differently, though, and in an incredibly epic way. See, according to Channel 8 WMTW, Jeff is a U.S. Antarctic weather observer who had actually spent a winter down at the South Pole before (and WE thought New England had killer winters! Yikes!) and decided back in January of 2020 to do it again.