As the season progresses, the IceCube Upgrade team continues to grow. Eight more arrivals last week brought the South Pole IceCube population up to 29. As newcomers acclimated, the “old-timers” kept up with the snow grooming around drill camp—things are looking good there. They continue to shovel out other structures and have been “harvesting” hoses, […]
The time has come for our current winterovers, Ilya and Joe, to pass the torch to the new winterovers that arrived at the South Pole last week. As a winterover, individuals brave the unforgiving environment to spend a year—sometimes longer—at the South Pole, half of which is enveloped in complete darkness. Every year, two winterovers […]
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It’s almost the new year, which means it’s time for the 2026 IceCube Calendar! Featuring breathtaking photos taken by our winterovers from the past few years, this calendar will teach you something new about the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the South Pole every month. The calendar is available to download in three different sizes in either […]
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, embedded in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice, searches for weakly interacting particles called neutrinos that are able to travel undisturbed through the cosmos. Of interest are high-energy astrophysical neutrinos that can arise from cosmic ray interactions with matter or photons in astrophysical sources. So far, high-energy neutrino emission has been […]
Here’s a glimpse into the background, the preparations, and the current activity at the South Pole during the final field season for the IceCube Upgrade. […]
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, embedded in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice, searches for weakly interacting particles called neutrinos that are able to travel undisturbed through the cosmos. Of interest are high-energy astrophysical neutrinos that can arise from cosmic ray interactions with matter or photons in astrophysical sources. So far, high-energy neutrino emission has been […]
When it rains, it pours—five planes arrived last week at the Pole. The South Pole station population tripled, and many of the new arrivals were IceCubers. The two new winterovers for the upcoming season, Camille and Alicia, were warmly welcomed out on the ice by the outgoing winterovers, Joe and Ilya, with a fancy, cardboard […]
Despite making up roughly 85% of all matter in the universe, the fundamental nature of dark matter (DM) still eludes scientists. Thus far, no experiment has been able to determine what dark matter is made of. One way scientists are probing for DM is by looking at the production of ordinary particles when two DM […]
After the first group of IceCubers spent a couple of days acclimating and reviewing the work needed to get the drill camp up and running, the crew went straight to work. The first order of business? Shoveling. And lots of it. They managed to shovel out most of the buildings in the drill camp. The […]