There were different groups of South Pole visitors last week—some human, and some not. The nonhuman visitor came from Japan—Week 16 at the Pole
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![Week 16 at the Pole May 6, 2021Week 15 at the Pole May 4, 2021Week 14 at the Pole April 23, 2021For the first time, IceCube looks for neutrinos from solar flares April 21, 2021Week 13 at the Pole April 16, 2021](http://higgstan.com/4koma-neutrino-hunter/</p>
<p>‘ target=”_blank”>IceCube-san</a>, seen here on the snow outside the IceCube Lab, above. The other visitors were adventure travelers, who were based at a campsite not far from the station. IceCube winterover Benjamin showed them around the station and was afterward invited to join them for dinner at their camp. Last week also saw more comings and goings of IceCube staff, a berm cleanup and a carpenter’s party, and a great shot of a halo around the sun.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="750" height="563" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/q_auto/w_750,h_563/v1608000263/news_attachment.file_.afbee9cbcc321ea6.323031397765656b30315f746f7572697374732e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.afbee9cbcc321ea6.323031397765656b30315f746f7572697374732e6a7067.jpg" alt="stationtour" class="wp-image-3896"/><figcaption>Lu Lu, IceCube/NSF</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="750" height="500" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/q_auto/w_750,h_500/v1608000262/news_attachment.file_.8624172b33785da9.323031397765656b30315f616c655f63616d702e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.8624172b33785da9.323031397765656b30315f616c655f63616d702e6a7067.jpg" alt="ALEcamp" class="wp-image-3897"/><figcaption>Benjamin Eberhardt, IceCube/NSF</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="750" height="563" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/q_auto/w_750,h_563/v1608000261/news_attachment.file_.b2f1bae47d858f54.323031397765656b30315f73756e646f6769636c2e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b2f1bae47d858f54.323031397765656b30315f73756e646f6769636c2e6a7067.jpg" alt="haloaroundsun" class="wp-image-3898"/><figcaption>Lu Lu, IceCube/NSF</figcaption></figure>
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