Author Archives: Jean DeMerit

Long tables laid out with formal dinnerware in the South Pole station galley.
Week 47 at the Pole

Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the US and as such is celebrated at the [...]

Group photo gathered around the geographic South Pole sign with pride flags.
Week 46 at the Pole

Last week was busy at the South Pole—and cold, too, even though it’s summer there. [...]

Person in red parka standing on treads of snow vehicle upon exiting.
Week 45 at the Pole

Last week, there were a lot of “firsts” for IceCube’s two new winterovers, Moreno and [...]

Four winterovers posing on snowdrift in front of the IceCube Lab.
Week 44 at the Pole

Last week, Moreno Baricevic and Wenceslas “Celas” Marie-Sainte, IceCube’s two new winterovers for the 2021-2022 [...]

Meet IceCube’s 2021-2022 winterovers, Moreno and Celas!

Wenceslas and Moreno bundled up at the “Observation Tube” near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, before heading [...]

Platform and stairs outside the IceCube Lab after being cleared of snow accumulation.
Week 43 at the Pole

The IceCube detector may have been quiet, but there was plenty of other activity last [...]

Front view of small plane arriving at the Pole, propellors still twirling.
Week 42 at the Pole

Another plane arrived at the Pole last week to refuel before continuing on to McMurdo [...]

Lots of water vapor surrounding propellor plane at the South Pole during refueling.
Week 41 at the Pole

What started out as a relatively quiet week at the Pole ended with some excitement. [...]

Week 40 at the Pole

Danielle Simmons, ASC Last week was relatively quiet at the Pole. But with station opening [...]

South Pole station winterovers posing as a group behind the South Pole Telescope.
Week 39 at the Pole

Last week, the intrepid South Pole station winterovers got themselves together (all but two of [...]