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 [...]