Life at the Pole

Life at the Pole

Week 39 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
The sun is up, but it’s still quite low on the horizon. When you face the sun, as in the…
Week 38 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Antarctica has sometimes been referred to as the end of the world. But for those who live at the South…
Week 37 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Yes, the sun has officically risen at the Pole. But it happened at the very end of the week, so…
Week 36 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
A total lunar eclipse started off last week at the Pole. IceCube winterover Ilya had set up a camera box…
Week 35 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
As the sky at the South Pole gets brighter, we can definitely see the difference from just two weeks ago…
Week 34 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
The sky at the South Pole continues to brighten up before official sunrise—lately to the point where headlamps are no…
Week 33 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Everything’s blue and rather dark, but not gloomy. There’s just a hint of orange starting to spread along the horizon,…
Week 32 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
This could the season’s last view of the IceCube Lab with the Milky Way visible overhead. Key word being could—guess…
Week 31 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
It seems so bright outside at the Pole—but we didn’t miss the sunrise, that’s still to come. However, you can…
Week 30 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Quiet time at the South Pole is good for any number of things—last week it was getting all the board…
Week 29 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
Last week was one of those relatively quiet weeks at the South Pole. IceCube’s winterovers gave a webcast presentation for…
Week 28 at the Pole
By Jean DeMerit | |
What’s black and white and red all over? All the images from last week at the Pole. First of all,…