Author Archives: Jean DeMerit
Week 42 at the Pole
Ok, so you’ve completed that giant 18,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, now what? Well, you might not [...]
Week 41 at the Pole
Bad weather at the Pole last week kept the first flights from arriving, but it [...]
Week 40 at the Pole
While they wait at the Pole for the first arriving flights of the season, there [...]
Week 39 at the Pole
The main entrance to the South Pole station is known as Destination Alpha—this image shows [...]
Week 38 at the Pole
The equinox occurred last week, and the sun has finally risen above the horizon. The [...]
Week 37 at the Pole
Just because the sun’s coming up, doesn’t mean it’s getting warmer yet. In fact, they’ve [...]
Week 36 at the Pole
As the sun rises and brightens the sky, thoughts turn to the arrival of summer [...]
Week 35 at the Pole
The satellite dome sits frosted over as it waits for the sunrise—here it’s shown backlit [...]
Week 34
IceCube winterover Johannes’s camera withstood a time-lapse session outdoors last week—a little frosty looking afterward [...]
Week 33 at the Pole
False alarm from week 32—aurora viewing remained in full force last week at the Pole. [...]