Author Archives: Jean DeMerit

Week 38 at the Pole

It’s time for sunglasses now at the South Pole—the sun has definitely made its presence [...]

Week 37 at the Pole

Some weeks at the Pole are quiet, and some—like last week—are busy. The IceCube detector [...]

Week 36 at the Pole

The sky just gets brighter and brighter along the horizon. And although auroras are exciting, [...]

Week 35 at the Pole

The sky is beginning to take on different colors at the Pole, depending on which [...]

Week 34 at the Pole

It was a quiet week at the Pole. And with some bad weather, it was [...]

Week 33 at the Pole

It’s a slow sunrise at the South Pole, with light creeping up from the horizon [...]

Week 32 at the Pole

Sometimes the moon is so bright at the Pole that it lights up the dark [...]

Week 31 at the Pole

The auroras were still out in full force last week, as if lingering in their [...]

Week 30 at the Pole

That’s a lot of green!—it looks like a backdrop fit for Wicked. But views like [...]

Week 29 at the Pole

Last week was a mostly quiet one at the South Pole station. With winds blowing [...]