Yearly Archives: 2022

Week 31 at the Pole

Aman Chokshi, SPT/NSF Last week was action-packed at the South Pole. The beginning of the [...]

An image showing a newly discovered PeVatron (in pink) hosted by a supernova remnant (in green) called G106.3+2.7. The supernova remnant is believed to have formed together with the pulsar (in magenta) about 10,000 years ago. Particles accelerated by the shock waves of the supernova remnant interact with the gas in the interstellar medium, producing high-energy gamma-ray emission. Credit: Jayanne English, University of Manitoba, NASA/Fermi/Fang et al. 2022, and Canadian Galactic Plane Survey/DRAO.
Study led by UW–Madison researcher confirms star wreck as source of extreme cosmic particles

Astronomers have long sought the launch sites for some of the highest energy protons in [...]

Week 30 at the Pole

Aman Chokshi, SPT/NSF Although it is still night at the South Pole, the sun is [...]

Week 29 at the Pole

Dennis Perkins, UTMB/NSF Last week at the Pole was restful—finally. No Polympics or other competitive [...]

Week 28 at the Pole

Aman Choksi, SPT/NSF With the Polympics now over, you’d think the winterovers might be resting [...]

Week 27 at the Pole

Thomas Leps, NSF Last week at the Pole it was still “first work, then play.” [...]

Week 26 at the Pole

Wenceslas Marie-Sainte, IceCube/NSF First there’s work, then there’s play. Last week at the Pole, IceCube’s [...]

Week 25 at the Pole

Wenceslas Marie-Sainte, IceCube/NSF Last week at the Pole was quiet for the IceCube detector but [...]

A winterover walking along a flag line in the direction of the IceCube laboratory in the distance in the South Pole. The night sky above is filled with the aurora australis, the galactic plane, and the Milky Way.
IceCube photo wins first prize in IUPAP photo contest

Former winterover Yuya Makino was recently awarded first prize in the “At a Glance” category [...]

Week 24 at the Pole

Even though they recently had a fancy dinner at the South Pole, last week supplied [...]