Author Archives: Jean DeMerit

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 [...]

Week 38 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF It was sunrise last week at the Pole. But first, let’s take [...]

Week 37 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF Sunrise is a prolonged event at the South Pole. But even though [...]

Week 36 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF It was a relatively quiet one last week at the Pole. IceCube’s [...]

Dark sector flag line with pinkish sky at twilight.
Week 35 at the Pole

It’s now bright enough to see your way around outside at the Pole, which is [...]

South Pole station with brightening sky at twilight.
Week 34 at the Pole

Last week was a quiet one for IceCube, and the detector operated with a maximum [...]

Icy barren landscape at South Pole with bright moon on horizon
Week 33 at the Pole

Last week, some of the winterovers walked out to the End of the World—that’s what [...]