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, [...]