Life at the Pole

Life at the Pole

Week 2 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
An aeriel view of the IceCube Lab also shows the IceCube Upgrade drill camp in its current state of summer [...]

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Week 1 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Last week at the Pole continued to be busy with lots of IceCube Upgrade activities. Here’s a different view from [...]

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Week 53 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Wasn’t last week the last week of the year at the South Pole? Hmm, we thought so, but guess not—so [...]

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Week 52 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
The last week of the year at the South Pole was as busy as ever, with all kinds of activity, [...]

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Week 51 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Another week, another sun halo—this time complete with sun dogs! The ceremonial pole marker blocking the sun gives some added [...]

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Week 50 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Now that’s a nice sun halo! It seems to occupy the whole sky above the IceCube Upgrade seasonal equipment site, [...]

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Week 49 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Busy, busy,…busy! There was a lot going on at the Pole last week. The South Pole traverse (SPOT) arrived, delivering [...]

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Week 48 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Last week at the Pole there was a mix of activities. First up was a short visit from a small [...]

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Week 47 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
It was on the quiet side last week at the Pole. Weather and other delays kept incoming flights to a [...]

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Week 46 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Business as usual for the start of summer at the South Pole. IceCube’s winterovers had plenty of maintenance operations, including [...]

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Week 45 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Summer season at the Pole starts out slowly, with the first small plane to arrive bearing fruit but not many [...]

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Week 44 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Out with the old, in with the new. It’s that time of year again, when IceCube’s two incoming winterovers arrive [...]

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