And then…the auroras start to get bigger and brighter. Unfortunately, the weather last week at the Pole was mostly bad, clearing up only at the end of the week. That was enough, though, for IceCube winterover Ilya to get outside and capture a few nice aurora photos. It often happens this way, with the first auroras being faint but serving as a hint that brighter auroras are to follow. The week was rather quiet otherwise. IceCube’s winterovers were out at the IceCube Lab (looking rather ominous in the dark, below) to work on inventory checks among other maintenance tasks.
