Life at the Pole
Week 7 at the Pole
The station is technically closed for the winter season, but there are still some Basler planes (and their pilots) transitioning [...]
Week 6 at the Pole
And just like that, summer’s over and winter begins. At the Pole last week, a bunch of winterovers stood out [...]
Week 5 at the Pole
A white rainbow? Well, yes—it’s also called a fogbow! Fogbows are rarer than rainbows, and guess what—they’re sometimes referred to [...]
Week 4 at the Pole
What’s so funny? Who knows, but a few IceCube folks shared a good laugh out on the ice before leaving [...]
Week 3 at the Pole
This week’s aerial photo from the South Pole features a 360-degree view from above the IceCube Lab, taken with a [...]
Week 2 at the Pole
An aeriel view of the IceCube Lab also shows the IceCube Upgrade drill camp in its current state of summer [...]
Week 1 at the Pole
Last week at the Pole continued to be busy with lots of IceCube Upgrade activities. Here’s a different view from [...]
Week 53 at the Pole
Wasn’t last week the last week of the year at the South Pole? Hmm, we thought so, but guess not—so [...]
Week 52 at the Pole
The last week of the year at the South Pole was as busy as ever, with all kinds of activity, [...]
Week 51 at the Pole
Another week, another sun halo—this time complete with sun dogs! The ceremonial pole marker blocking the sun gives some added [...]
Week 50 at the Pole
Now that’s a nice sun halo! It seems to occupy the whole sky above the IceCube Upgrade seasonal equipment site, [...]
Week 49 at the Pole
Busy, busy,…busy! There was a lot going on at the Pole last week. The South Pole traverse (SPOT) arrived, delivering [...]