Life at the Pole
Week 39 at the Pole
There it is! The sun, that is—a thin sliver on the horizon, but orange and bright and lighting up the…
Week 38 at the Pole
Images from last week at the Pole don’t quite show the sun as up and visible, but it’s very close.…
Week 37 at the Pole
Enjoy it while it lasts! Although sunrise at the South Pole stretches out over weeks, providing plenty of time to…
Week 36 at the Pole
Last week at the Pole, the outdoor color theme continued with the previous week’s blue, creating a very peaceful landscape.…
Week 35 at the Pole
The South Pole sky is starting to show a little color. The sun hasn’t risen yet, but that’s a slow…
Week 34 at the Pole
All was well at the Pole last week. The moon was shining brightly in its final cycle before the sun…
Week 33 at the Pole
A spectacular display of auroras graced the sky above the Pole last week, and IceCube winterover Camille was poised to…
Week 32 at the Pole
It was a relatively quiet and calm week at the Pole. IceCube’s winterovers had some of their usual chores to…
Week 31 at the Pole
It was rather bright last week at the Pole, but it was all moon, no sun. They are still in…
Week 30 at the Pole
Twas the night before Christmas, well, Christmas in July, with cookies out for Santa, and a drift of white pillows…
Week 29 at the Pole
It was business as usual at the South Pole for IceCube’s winterovers last week. They had plenty to do maintaining…
Week 28 at the Pole
The object in the image below, propped up on a bench for maintenance, might not look like much. But that…