Antarctica — home to ice, penguins, researchers, and…what else is there? See a few of the animals that call Antarctica home. […]
Antarctic Animals
Astrophysical neutrino flux with starting track events
This album holds images from the paper “Evidence for High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at the IceCube Detector,” published in Science (link). […]
Week 52 at the Pole
Like other places around the world, the South Pole has its traditions for ringing in the new year, but some of them are unique to this locale. For example, each year they hold a ceremony at the geographic pole to set a new pole marker into place. The exact location of the geographic pole shifts […]
Week 51 at the Pole
There are many well-established traditions at the South Pole, and the “Race Around the World” (above) is one of them—a fun run that covers about a two-mile circumference around the South Pole, crossing through all the world’s time zones. Costumes optional, but part of the fun. Last week at the Pole they celebrated Christmas, with […]
Week 50 at the Pole
The holiday season is often a busy time of year for many people, and things are no different at the South Pole. Last week, the IceCube winterovers had their hands full with some detector troubleshooting and maintenance—below they are seen testing batteries and swapping them out at the IceCube lab—as well as clearing snow from […]
2021 IceCube Calendar – Free printable!
Download our printable 2021 IceCube Calendar! Featuring a dozen stunning photos taken by our winterovers, this calendar will teach you something new about the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the South Pole every month. Letter size Tabloid size (A4) […]
Week 49 at the Pole
It was a fairly busy week at the Pole. IceCube’s new winterovers made their first IceTop snow measurements, an outdoor task that requires daylight to perform. Driving around the detector in a PistenBully helps take care of business more quickly and easily. Since it’s summer there, the weather is rather mild (for the Pole!), but the skies […]
Landscapes and Skyscapes
Although Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest place on Earth, it is beautiful! See some of the beauty from the warmth of your own home. […]
Week 48 at the Pole
The sun provided all sorts of photo opportunities at the Pole last week. Here we see IceCube winterover Josh framed nicely in front of a sun halo with faint sun dogs. […]
Winterovers
Two people each year stay at the South Pole to maintain IceCube during the winter months when it isn’t possible to leave. They are known as winterovers. They work very hard and have some fun as well. […]