![A clear sun halo looming large over the IceCube Lab and equipment site in the distance.](https://wipac.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/icecube_lab_sundog_sbash.jpg)
Now that’s a nice sun halo! It seems to occupy the whole sky above the IceCube Upgrade seasonal equipment site, on the left, and the IceCube Lab, off to the right. There’s a different, “high-up” view of the same sites shown below, taken from a departing flight last week. Yes, people are still coming and going for shifts of IceCube summer work. A small group gathered for a photo op at the geographic South Pole. Under last week’s bright sun, Upgrade team members were working on dismantling a drill out on the ice.
![A high-up view of the IceCube Lab and nearby equipment from the window of a departing plane.](https://wipac.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/icl_icu_from_basler_rauer.jpg)
![Five people posing in front of the geographic South Pole sign.](https://wipac.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/icecube_summer_mo_team_2024_ibodo_reduced.jpg)
![A few people standing and crouching around a drill out on the ice.](https://wipac.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/icu_simco_drill_team_ibodo.jpg)