Author Archives: Jean DeMerit

Group of a dozen or so people walking or running in a race on the ice at the South Pole.
Week 51 at the Pole

A lot happened at the Pole last week, even though there aren’t a lot of [...]

Side view of an LC-130 plane on the ice after landing at the South Pole.
Week 50 at the Pole

Last week was generally busy at the South Pole. The first LC-130 of the season [...]

Sun halo filling the sky above snow tractor traverse hauling fuel across the ice.
Week 49 at the Pole

It’s always exciting to see the South Pole traverse show up at the Pole. SPOT, [...]

Week 48 at the Pole

Joshua Leyba, NSF It was a busy week at the Pole. Last year’s IceCube winterovers, [...]

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 [...]