The dayside aurora is often overhead at the South Pole, and within view on each clear day. An optical study of auroras from the South Pole station began in 2006 using a multichannel scanning photometer, with a view to examining in detail the dynamics and morphology of dayside aurora. It operated there through the following five Austral winters to 2010. A primary purpose was to study how the dayside aurora related to the solar wind strength under the quiet conditions of solar minimum, particularly when the solar wind was weak and the IMF stable. A further objective was to make comparisons with Arctic dayside auroras, using similar studies from Svalbard, which had continued through past decades. The quasicontinuous auroral monitoring has given a clear picture of Aurora Australis dayside auroras through the past extended solar minimum of Solar Cycle 23.