Christmas in July continued last week with all sorts of activities, ranging from a pool tournament to a pie-eating contest. And for those who enjoy competitive eating, they weren’t limited to just pies—a “donuts on a string” eating contest was also part of the festivities. In addition, the station held a Christmas trivia night and […]
A barren landscape, the South Pole is actually a desert. It’s not the kind of desert most people imagine, with lots of sand and heat and maybe a camel ambling by. Instead of sand, there’s snow. But almost all of that snow has blown in from more coastal regions of the continent, ushered in from […]
We are pleased to announce the following PhD graduates who successfully defended their thesis in the spring of 2023: Stefan Countryman Pranav Dave Martin Antonio Unland Elorietta Sreetama Goswami Minjin Jeong Cristian Jesus Lozano Mariscal Sourav Sarkar Steve Sclafani Manuel Silva […]
Not everyone celebrates Christmas in July, but they do at the South Pole station, where traditions prevail. Last week started off the festivities with the appearance of a tree and presents in the galley. More activities and decorations are planned for upcoming weeks. The weather was nice and cold as a fitting complement to the […]
Our Milky Way galaxy is an awe-inspiring feature of the night sky, viewable with the naked eye as a horizon-to-horizon hazy band of stars. Now, for the first time, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos—tiny, ghostlike astronomical messengers. In an article to be published tomorrow, June 30, […]
For the first time, an international team of scientists presents evidence of high-energy neutrino emission from the Milky Way. The results were published on June 30, 2023 in Science (link). See the press release here. […]
For those who spend a year living at the South Pole, they are treated to glorious night skies in the winter season. Last week was a case in point, with displays of bright auroras, lots of stars, and glimpses of the Milky Way. Winterovers also get to experience a multitude of South Pole station traditions […]
Last week at the Pole it was all about the sky. There were days with perfectly clear skies and some of the brightest auroras of the season. If the photo above seems to suggest a little wizardry action behind the aurora, it might be a result of watching too much Harry Potter—the station organized a […]
Introduction This data release accompanies results submitted to Science describing the observation of neutrinos from the galactic plane. For further details, refer to the IceCube publication DOI: 10.1126/science.adc9818 Data release Suggested citation for this dataset: IceCube Collaboration (2023): Observation of high-energy neutrinos from the Galactic plane – Public data release. Dataset. DOI: 10.21234/8v5d-rn16 Click here […]
It’s getting close to midwinter, when people in Antarctica, and other places, celebrate the southern winter solstice. In anticipation, South Pole station personnel took some group photos (above is one of them) to use as midwinter greeting cards, traditionally shared with other Antarctic stations. Last week at the Pole, IceCube’s winterovers spent a lot of […]