The sun is still out, but it is definitely sinking in the sky. Last week at the Pole, the weather was quite windy, and temperatures were below –50 °F—not the greatest conditions for IceCube’s winterovers to measure the snow height at all the IceTop tanks. But splitting the task over two days, and with a little help from their friends, their mission was accomplished. The strong winds also left some interesting patterns in the ice. Indoors, as a follow-up to having viewed The Thing in the previous week, the station was treated to a video interview with a special guest. Just as he had done two years ago, John Carpenter, director of 1982’s The Thing, connected with the South Pole winterovers in a conversation that was reported as “…hilarious, we had a lot of fun!”
