Yearly Archives: 2016

Week 51 at the Pole

Last week, Christmas was celebrated in many parts of the world, and that includes the [...]

Week 50 at the Pole

It might be cold, but it’s summer at the South Pole, and the sun was [...]

Everything you always wanted to know about the IceCube detector

The IceCube detector has been explained widely—in many different languages and in hundreds of locations [...]

Week 49 at the Pole

A busy week at the South Pole, but not too busy for fun and games. [...]

Week 48 at the Pole

Not many people have the opportunity to go to the South Pole. It’s remoteness and [...]

Week 47 at the Pole

Have we mentioned all the cables? Well, there are a lot of cables in the [...]

Week 46 at the Pole

Ok, they’re gone, but you can see them one last time in this photo taken [...]

Week 45 at the Pole

Last week at the Pole was a week of no airplanes. Not only did that [...]

Week 44 at the Pole

Last week brought two new IceCube winterovers (James Casey and Martin Wolf) to the South [...]

Week 43 at the Pole

Come summer, station personnel eagerly await the first provisions of “freshies,” as they’re called at [...]