The first balloonborne frost point measurements over Antarctica were made during September and October 1987 as part of the NOZE II effort at McMurdo. The results indicate water vapor mixing ratios on the order of 2 ppmv in the 15 to 20 km region, which is somewhat smaller than observed at mid-latitude. This suggests that models of the springtime Antarctic stratosphere should be based on approximately 2 ppmv water vapor. The observed water vapor mixing ratio would correspond to saturated conditions for what is thought to be the lowest stratospheric temperatures encountered over the Antarctic. Through the use of available lidar observations there appears to be significant evidence that some PSCs form at temperatures higher than the frost point (with respect to water) in the 15 to 20 km region, thus supporting the binary HNO3-H2O theory of PSC composition. Clouds near 15 km and below appear to form in regions saturated with respect to water; therefore they are probably mostly water ice clouds, although they could contain relatively small amounts of other constituents. Photographic evidence suggests that the clouds forming above the frost point have an appearance quite different from the lower altitude iridescent, colored nacreous clouds.