Category Archives: Life at the Pole

Week 45 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF In with the old, out with the new. [Wait a minute, strike [...]

Week 44 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF When it rains, it pours—five planes arrived last week at the Pole. [...]

Week 43 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF The first flight bringing summer crew to the South Pole finally arrived. [...]

Week 42 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF Things were quieter at the Pole last week than they might have [...]

Week 41 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF Someone has to be first. This season, the first plane to arrive [...]

Week 40 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF The summer season personnel have not yet begun arriving at the Pole, [...]

Week 39 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF The sun is up, but it’s still quite low on the horizon. [...]

Week 38 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF Antarctica has sometimes been referred to as the end of the world. [...]

Week 37 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF Yes, the sun has officically risen at the Pole. But it happened [...]

Week 36 at the Pole

Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF A total lunar eclipse started off last week at the Pole. IceCube [...]