Author Archives: Jean DeMerit
Week 24 at the Pole
What a busy week at the Pole. It was Midwinter there, marking the halfway point [...]
Week 23 at the Pole
The moon was up last week, making it quite bright outside—it almost looks like sunshine. [...]
Week 22 at the Pole
Another busy week for IceCube’s winterovers—they were paged several times to deal with crashes and [...]
Week 21 at the Pole
Last week, IceCube’s winterovers were quite busy. There were a few battery and other power [...]
Week 20 at the Pole
Last week at the Pole saw the start of a new physics run and some [...]
Week 19 at the Pole
There are privileges that come with winterovering at the South Pole. Being able to step [...]
Week 18 at the Pole
If you find yourself at the South Pole, and the sky above you is sparkling [...]
Week 17 at the Pole
It surely is a staircase to the stars. That’s the ICL’s staircase, set against a [...]
Week 16 at the Pole
Arms up—let’s hear it for auroras! With an extremely stable IceCube detector that needed little [...]
Week 15 at the Pole
Last week’s photos from the Pole were full of blue and green. The first visible [...]