Author Archives: Jean DeMerit

Week 25 at the Pole

The recent stretch of bad weather finally broke, showing off some nice auroras. Here, you [...]

Week 24 at the Pole

Midwinter is approaching, so the winterovers got together for a group photo that they’ll use [...]

Week 23 at the Pole

Nice snow drift! Or sastruga, as one might say at the Pole. This enormous snow [...]

Week 22 at the Pole

Since it’s nighttime all the time during winter at the South Pole, it can be [...]

Week 21 at the Pole

Last time it was frosted glasses, now it’s a frosty staircase. Blowing snow during the [...]

Week 20 at the Pole

The winds kept at it last week. The blowing snow not only obstructs the view [...]

Week 19 at the Pole

A quiet week at the Pole for the detector, but he photos were just striking! [...]

Week 18 at the Pole

Even in winter, you can get an impressive halo—here it’s the moon. Halos are caused [...]

Week 17 at the Pole

Last week was fairly relaxed at the Pole. Some testing and troubleshooting with the detector, [...]

Week 15 at the Pole

The detector was behaving, so IceCube’s winterovers had sufficient time to fit in a number [...]