Author Archives: Jean DeMerit

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 [...]

Week 24 at the Pole

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

Group photo with Pride flag in front of geographic South Pole sign.
Week 23 at the Pole

After weeks of intense activity spent on networking activities, last week at the Pole felt [...]

Moonrise over the South Pole with green auroras.
Week 22 at the Pole

Last week at the Pole, IceCube’s winterovers spent much of their time on a major [...]

Side view of the South Pole Telescope at night, with low bright auroras and the Milky Way overhead.
Week 21 at the Pole

Last week at the Pole, IceCube’s winterovers spent much of their time on a major [...]

Group photo of four winterovers seated next to each other at table post meal.
Week 20 at the Pole

These are some happy (and well-fed) winterovers. Last week at the Pole, the galley crew [...]