Life at the Pole
Week 15 at the Pole
Last week had a mix of quiet days and less quiet days at the Pole. There was a monthly emergency [...]
Week 14 at the Pole
Aww, that first aurora of the season—often rather light and wispy, here stretching across a sky that is still lit [...]
Week 13 at the Pole
Last week was relatively quiet at the Pole. Even the outdoor photographs have a sort of “quiet” and reflective feel [...]
Week 12 at the Pole
The sun is now below the horizon, but there’s still plenty of light. Most of us experience this period of [...]
Week 11 at the Pole
The lowering sun at the South Pole made for some great photos last week. Above, the sun itself is blocked [...]
Week 10 at the Pole
A nice halo surrounds the lowering sun at the Pole, with some mistiness along the horizon. Sun halos, also called [...]
Week 9 at the Pole
Ah, the waning days of summer, when the shadows cast by the lowering sun lengthen with each passing day. Here [...]
Week 8 at the Pole
A small plane found itself parked in behind some other aircraft at the South Pole last week, but it was [...]
Week 7 at the Pole
The station is technically closed for the winter season, but there are still some Basler planes (and their pilots) transitioning [...]
Week 6 at the Pole
And just like that, summer’s over and winter begins. At the Pole last week, a bunch of winterovers stood out [...]
Week 5 at the Pole
A white rainbow? Well, yes—it’s also called a fogbow! Fogbows are rarer than rainbows, and guess what—they’re sometimes referred to [...]
Week 4 at the Pole
What’s so funny? Who knows, but a few IceCube folks shared a good laugh out on the ice before leaving [...]