Yearly Archives: 2015

Unveiling the insights of your phone using cosmic rays

If learning that you can turn your smart phone into a cosmic-ray telescope was astonishing, [...]

Week 42 at the Pole

IceCube winterover Stephan Richter took this wide angle shot of the South Pole station's galley---in [...]

Week 41 at the Pole

The first planes of the season have arrived at the South Pole. Two planes landed [...]

Week 40 at the Pole

The winterover crew gathered at the geographic South Pole for their annual group shot. It [...]

Week 39 at the Pole

The last thing you want to forget to pack when you’re off to the South [...]

Week 38 at the Pole

With the sun now up, outdoor preparations for summer activity at the South Pole station [...]

Week 37 at the Pole

Sunrise is slowly coming along at the South Pole, with some refracted light showing over [...]

Week 36 at the Pole

The landscape at the South Pole continues to brighten, making it perhaps harder to ignore [...]

Week 35 at the Pole

Although the sunrise is still not officially here, the South Pole is enjoying a period [...]

Francis Halzen wins 2015 Balzan Prize

Francis Halzen, IceCube PI and professor at the UW–Madison. Image: Zig Hampel-Arias, WIPAC. Francis Halzen, [...]