Yearly Archives: 2017

Multimessenger astronomy and cosmic-ray detectors in another great WIPAC-QuarkNet internship

In the northwest corridor at WIPAC, voices are sporadic once again. The open work area [...]

Week 30 at the Pole

A fairly laid back week, all things considered. The moon was rising, and IceCube winterover [...]

Week 29 at the Pole

Last week at the Pole, life for the IceCube winterovers was bookended by a very [...]

Week 28 at the Pole

The sun will rise again … at some point. But in the meanwhile, it’s still [...]

WIPAC research at ICRC2017

Summer is a hot season for science conferences. And in astrophysics, the International Conference on [...]

Week 27 at the Pole

Although the poker tournament continues, last week’s focus was all about the Games—the South Pole [...]

Week 26 at the Pole

Let the games begin! The South Pole Winter Games, that is. They feature an eclectic [...]

Week 25 at the Pole

Last week the IceCube detector had almost perfect uptime. There was also a continuing poker [...]

Week 24 at the Pole

What a busy week at the Pole. It was Midwinter there, marking the halfway point [...]

Week 23 at the Pole

The moon was up last week, making it quite bright outside—it almost looks like sunshine. [...]