Snow at the Pole—in winter, it’s a lot like dirt swept under the rug. You know it’s there but you can’t really see it. Then, the sun starts to come up and, lo and behold, you see the large snowdrifts everywhere. Much of this snow will need to be cleared before activities of the summer season are in full swing. But there is also the nonscientific activity of “sledding,” which would benefit from a nice snowdrift left as it is.
Last week at the Pole, station members took part in NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night. This annual event has been bringing people together for over a decade in celebrating the moon worldwide. IceCube winterover Connor had set up a telescope on the station’s observation deck to give folks a good view of the moon. They just had to work around the stacks of frosty boxes, holding food stores at “cold” temps, that were already up on the observation deck.
