The Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC), a research center that is part of UW–Madison’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and headquarters for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, is sponsoring its first display for the 32nd annual Holiday Fantasy in Lights event in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The lights are on every […]
The scene outside the South Pole station—now that there’s sunlight to see by—is rather changed from how the winterovers remember it last summer. There’s quite a build-up of drifted snow around the tower end of the station. […]
Like the vast majority of conferences and meetings this year, ScienceWriters 2020 went virtual in response to the coronavirus pandemic. And instead of field trips typically organized by the host institution of the conference, organizers called on attendees to create a virtual, Zoom-able experience about the science happening in their part of the world. It was the perfect opportunity to showcase IceCube. […]
Sunbathing at the South Pole? Well, why not! The sun is out and there’s a nice smooth snowbank for reclining on. […]
The IceCube Lab has accumulated quite a bit of snow over the winter. And that snow, there and elsewhere, must be cleared away before planes bringing fresh crew arrive—plenty to do. […]
Now that the sun is up 24/7 at the South Pole, it’s hard for the winterovers to even imagine the auroras they were enjoying in the dark sky just a month or so ago. Everything is now visible. […]
IceCubeAR, aka IceBear, is a new augmented reality (AR) app that allows anyone in the world can see what’s happening under the South Pole ice in the IceCube Neutrino Observatory—using their smartphone! […]
The sun is up but still low on the horizon, casting long shadows, as seen here peeking through the exhaust plumes from the power plant. […]
As the long winter comes to an end with the sunrise at the South Pole, the winterovers embark on spring cleaning around the station. […]
Today marked the end of the 2020 Fall IceCube Collaboration Meeting, the second collaboration meeting held virtually due to the pandemic. Despite its drawbacks, the virtual meeting format has proven beneficial in some respects. This collaboration meeting had 312 registrants, possibly the most of any IceCube Collaboration meeting ever. […]