Week 13 at the Pole

An ink and watercolor drawing of a sunset at the South Pole, including flag line to Dark Sector buildings.
Camille Parisel, IceCube/NSF

When weather at the South Pole isn’t favorable for nice sunset photos, there are other options for capturing the moment. IceCube winterover Camille took pen and paint to paper, and she used her imagination to create a very satisfying image of the sun setting at the Pole, showing the flag line leading out to the Dark Sector buildings. Last week the winterovers were busy with continued freeze-in operations as well as greenhouse checks—look at those pea plants grow. The bottom image shows some colorful zipper pulls, which were gifts from the summer folk, that are now turning out to be quite handy as the temperatures drop.

Close-up on tangle of pea plants.
Camille Parisel, IceCube/NSF
Close-up on colorful corded zipper pulls.
Camille Parisel, IceCube/NSF