Author Archives: Jean DeMerit

Week 39 at the Pole

Connor Duffy, IceCube/NSF All around the South Pole, flags are used as markers—they can designate [...]

Week 38 at the Pole

Connor Duffy, IceCube/NSF Finally, the sun has officially risen at the South Pole. It’s manifesting [...]

Week 37 at the Pole

Connor Duffy, IceCube/NSF Snow at the Pole—in winter, it’s a lot like dirt swept under [...]

WIPAC agreement with Thai partners signals enthusiasm for future collaborations

This story was originally published by the University of Wisconsin–Madison International Division. Among the University [...]

Week 36 at the Pole

Connor Duffy, IceCube/NSF You might think that the IceCube Lab, looking so impressive in the [...]

Week 35 at the Pole

Connor Duffy, IceCube/NSF The South Pole sunrise is still not official, but tell that to [...]

Week 34 at the Pole

Connor Duffy, IceCube/NSF It’s that time of year again, when the sun rises at the [...]

Week 33 at the Pole

Kevin Zagorski, SPT/NSF The South Pole’s “Polympics” definitely builds some fun into the competitions. There [...]

Week 32 at the Pole

Tom Wetzel, VMF/NSF Let the games begin! South Pole’s version of the Olympics—the “Polympics”—has several [...]

Jim Madsen retires after 25 years with neutrinos

Jim Madsen. Credit: Michael Hoch Jim Madsen, interim director of the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics [...]