Yearly Archives: 2016

Week 12 at the Pole

A mushroom cloud … at the South Pole? What’s going on down there? What’s going [...]

Week 11 at the Pole

With so little time left above the horizon, the sun is making a nice spectacle [...]

Feds renew big IceCube observatory contract with UW–Madison

The National Science Foundation today, March 30, announced that it has renewed a cooperative agreement [...]

Week 10 at the Pole

Last week there were a few alarm calls in the cryo building. The first one [...]

Week 9 at the Pole

On a clear sunny day, it’s easy to make out the buildings at the end [...]

Over 200 high school students joined the 2016 IceCube Masterclass

Students attending the IceCube Masterclass in River Falls. The third edition of the IceCube Masterclass [...]

Week 8 at the Pole

There’s a beautiful half moon in this image, can you spot it? Well, it is [...]

Week 7 at the Pole

Chairs and sofas (and mattresses!) have been set up in the gym, all for the [...]

Week 6 at the Pole

A cloud of snow dust appears in the wake of the last flight out of [...]

Week 5 at the Pole

Maybe we should all do this with our packages from now on. Mail and cargo [...]