Author Archives: Jean DeMerit
Week 4 at the Pole
A solemn ceremony was held at the South Pole to commemorate the crew of the [...]
Week 3 at the Pole
They are set up well at the South Pole station, with comfortable (enough) living quarters, [...]
Week 2 at the Pole
The IceCube winterovers have plenty of darkness to look forward to in the coming months, [...]
Week 1 at the Pole
A flurry of activities marked the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013, a [...]
Week 52 at the Pole
Not sure what the costume is all about, but these people are clearly running a [...]
Week 49 at the Pole
Antarctica’s a cold continent, and all of the activities at the South Pole would not [...]
Week 45 at the Pole
The time has come for the changing of the guard. IceCube’s next two winterovers, Felipe [...]
Week 42 at the Pole
The winterovers report a rather uneventful week at the Pole. Nonetheless, beautiful pictures abound. The [...]
Week 36 at the Pole
These are sastrugi. Who doesn’t love to learn a new word? Sastrugi are wavelike ridges [...]
Week 29 at the Pole
Cold goes to colder, as they reached their lowest temperature yet at the South Pole [...]