Author Archives: Jean DeMerit
Newly discovered optical effect allows IceCube to deduce ice crystal properties
Every second, 100 trillion neutrinos pass through the human body. These tiny, almost massless particles [...]
Week 41 at the Pole
Wenceslas Marie-Sainte, IceCube/NSF So, you’ve arrived at the Geographic South Pole—or have you? The sign [...]
Week 40 at the Pole
Moreno Baricevic, IceCube/NSF Now there’s a bright sun! And it looks like it’s shining over [...]
Week 39 at the Pole
Moreno Baricevic, IceCube/NSF Last week was another quiet week at the Pole. And it was [...]
Week 38 at the Pole
Moreno Baricevic, IceCube/NSF There’s nothing wrong with “quiet,” especially where detector operations are concerned. That’s [...]
Week 37 at the Pole
Wenceslas Marie-Sainte, IceCube/NSF The early part of last week at the Pole was a little [...]
Week 36 at the Pole
Wenceslas Marie-Sainte, IceCube/NSF IceCube’s winterovers spent some time last week on troubleshooting activities at the [...]
Meet Elaine Krebs, our 2020 PolarTREC educator
Photo Courtesy of Elaine Krebs Yes, you read that right. Back in 2019, Elaine Krebs [...]
Week 33 at the Pole
Aman Chokshi, SPT/NSF The horizon at the South Pole continues to slowly brighten with every [...]
Week 32 at the Pole
Moreno Baricevic, IceCube/NSF Although the skies were cloudy, the moon shone bright over the IceCube [...]