Week 45 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF

In with the old, out with the new. [Wait a minute, strike that, reverse it.] …It’s in with the new! Yes, it’s that time of year again—the changing of the (IceCube winterover) guard. Newcomers Camille Parisel and Alicia Fattorini stood for a photo with outgoing winterovers Ilya Bodo and Joe Baines-Holmes. They had just finished their overlap time together in training, and Ilya and Joe were heading out to board their departing plane. Lots going on at the Pole. Upgrade activities are full steam ahead, and they’ve started setting up dedicated servers for the project. Planes are coming and going. Cargo is arriving and being transported to where it’s needed.

View looking down from platform toward approaching snow vehicle with forklift arms.
Alicia Fattorini, IceCube/NSF
Side view of plane in the air, small in the distance.
Alicia Fattorini, IceCube/NSF