The sun is low, but it’s still there…hanging just above the IceCube Lab in a rather cloudy sky. The sun will be setting soon enough however. In the meantime, it provides plenty of light to see what’s what outside. The hypertats (temporary living quarters) used during the IceCube Upgrade’s construction have shadows slowly creeping up […]
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Look at that sky! It may be bright and sunny, but those lengthening shadows foretell what’s to come. Darkness will fall in a few short weeks—in preparation, the winterovers were out setting up the flag lines leading to the Dark Sector buildings, including the IceCube Lab. When it’s dark or when visibility is poor, those […]
The sun is still out, but it is definitely sinking in the sky. Last week at the Pole, the weather was quite windy, and temperatures were below –50 °F—not the greatest conditions for IceCube’s winterovers to measure the snow height at all the IceTop tanks. But splitting the task over two days, and with a […]
IceCube’s winterovers were kept busy last week with ongoing Upgrade freeze-in activities as well as some other general IceCube maintenance tasks. Now that the winter season at the South Pole has begun, however, things are shifting gears. There was plenty of “winterizing” activity going on, including organizing cargo in the cold storage area and cleaning […]
The South Pole station officially closed for winter last week, although they’re still expecting mail and cargo deliveries. But all the nonwinter personnel have departed, with not one but two LC-130 planes arriving last week to take folks home. Some people had been waiting for a while due to flight delays (they happen). The photo […]
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Does the IceCube Lab seem a little different, maybe a little lonely? There are new flaglines for the recently installed IceCube Upgrade strings, but otherwise no evidence is left behind of the very active drill camp in operation there over the summer. It looks as if nothing had happened (well, some of us know better). […]
In 2019, the U.S. National Science Foundation, together with US institutional and international partners, approved funding of the IceCube Upgrade project, an improvement that would significantly push the scientific capabilities of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Seven years later, the IceCube Upgrade has now been successfully deployed, marking the first significant expansion of IceCube since its […]
In 2019, the U.S. National Science Foundation, together with US institutional and international partners, approved full funding of the IceCube Upgrade project, an improvement that would significantly push the scientific capabilities of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Seven years later, the IceCube Upgrade has now been successfully deployed, marking the first significant expansion of IceCube since […]