Author Archives: Jean DeMerit

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 [...]

Week 14 at the Pole

Another amazing week at the Pole—not only was the detector performing well but the twilight [...]

Week 13 at the Pole

The sun has set, they’ve held their traditional sunset dinner, and yet … it’s still [...]

Week 12 at the Pole

This photo at sunset is a picture that paints a thousand words, reminding us that [...]

Week 11 at the Pole

Pull up a chair—sunset at the South Pole takes weeks, not hours. And why is [...]