Yearly Archives: 2012

Week 39 at the Pole

It was a windy one at the Pole—tattering flags and threatening to ruin the one [...]

Week 38 at the Pole

The sun is getting ready to show up. With only one sunrise each year, it’s [...]

Week 37 at the Pole

This photo of the station manager placing a flag at the ceremonial South Pole exemplifies [...]

What’s a winterover?

If you’ve been watching our website, you might see weekly reports showing up regularly. Photos [...]

Week 36 at the Pole

These are sastrugi. Who doesn’t love to learn a new word? Sastrugi are wavelike ridges [...]

Week 35 at the Pole

One of the IceCube winterovers stands in front of the IceCube Lab with outstretched arms [...]

Week 34 at the Pole

It’s not just ice and starry skies. There are people down there, and look what [...]

Week 33 at the Pole

IceCube winterovers were busy this week with various sessions for emergency response team training—fire, trauma, [...]

Week 32 at the Pole

It was an uneventful week for the winterovers, but not for the moon. Here’s a [...]

Week 31 at the Pole

Cold, windy, with the moon back up. We have two photos of balloon launches this [...]