First there’s work, then there’s play. Last week at the Pole, IceCube’s winterovers were paged during the night (twice!) and had to trek out to the IceCube Lab for some troubleshooting. Unfortunately, no night sky photos were taken on these trips. But in their spare time, planning continued for this year’s Antarctic Games. The team […]
Last week at the Pole was quiet for the IceCube detector but a bit busy in the South Pole station, where the first planning meeting for the upcoming Antarctic Games was held. Several years ago, the South Pole station inaugurated its version of the Olympic winter games. Since then, they have held an annual “Polympics” […]
In 2012, shortly after the IceCube Neutrino Observatory was completed, the IceCube Collaboration announced in Nature an important and unexpected result in neutrino astrophysics: gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which were one of the two leading candidates for sources of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays, did not report any neutrino excesses. Since then, IceCube has continued to […]
Former winterover Yuya Makino was recently awarded First Prize in the “At a Glance” category for The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 100 photo contest for his entry titled “Chasing Ghost Particles at the South Pole.” The IUPAP 100 photo contest celebrates the beauty of physics and the fun that can be […]
Even though they recently had a fancy dinner at the South Pole, last week supplied a reason for another one. It was the celebratory feast for midwinter, which included cocktails and appetizers followed by a several-course meal. Guests were invited to attend dressed for a masquerade ball. The South Pole station has a long history […]
After weeks of intense activity spent on networking activities, last week at the Pole felt like things were back to normal. Normal included some troubleshooting work and data integration test runs, but there were some quiet times during the week as well. Was it cold outside? Of course it was (it’s not only the South […]
Last week at the Pole, IceCube’s winterovers spent much of their time on a major troubleshooting task. Wait…wasn’t that the previous week? Well, sometimes issues can take a while to iron themselves out. Even with continued troubleshooting work, the winterovers had time last week for other station activities, like power plant watch and emergency response […]
The ninth edition of the IceCube Masterclass hosted over 100 students across 20 research institutions in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States. This year, the IceCube Masterclass took place in March and April, with some institutions hosting in person for the first time in two years. Created in 2014, the program […]
The 30th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino 2022), the biggest conference on neutrino physics, concluded last Saturday after running from May 30–June 4. The meeting was held in Seoul, Korea, for the first time and was hosted by the Korean Institute for Advanced Study, the Institute for Basic Science, and the Korean […]
Last week at the Pole, IceCube’s winterovers spent much of their time on a major troubleshooting task. It kept them busy, too busy to take many photos apparently, even though their work required several trips out to the IceCube Lab (ICL) under clear starry skies filled with auroras. Thanks to fellow winterover Aman Chokshi, we […]