The window of good weather that IceCube’s winterovers were waiting for arrived, so last week saw the installation of the IceAct telescope. Half a dozen station members came out to assist the winterovers in the operation. There’s lots of helping out at the South Pole, especially with the small crew during the winter. They still have some configuration and debugging to do, but now the telescope is at least securely mounted. And very high winds the following day provided a good test of its stability. Also last week, the station put on a concert in the gym (a place that sees a lot of activity at the Pole.) The event was dubbed “The Worst Concert You’ve Ever Heard,” where station members were assigned an instrument and given a week to learn it. For the concert, they joined together in the gym to play some basic songs, like “Hot Cross Buns.” The final product is left to our imaginations.
