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Category Archives: Life at the Pole

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Week 24 at the Pole

Matthew Young, NSF Finally, midwinter has arrived!  Midwinter is widely celebrated across Antarctica, not just [...]

A Scott tent pitched on the icy plateau.
Week 23 at the Pole

Relatively quiet from the previous week has changed to relatively busy for last week at [...]

Week 22 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF A relatively quiet week it was, last week at the Pole. As [...]

Close-up of super blood moon.
Week 21 at the Pole

Last week (well, on May 26), there was a rare super blood moon event—the coinciding [...]

Week 20 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF It was relatively quiet last week at the Pole. There were auroras, [...]

Week 19 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF It’s night at the South Pole—dark skies all the time, no sunlight [...]

Week 18 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF Some people love to camp out in tents. But outside at the [...]

Person outdoors working on IceAct telescope, wearing red headlamp and lit from above by bright moon.
Week 17 at the Pole

The moon was out big time last week, and it was bright enough to allow [...]

Danielle Simmons, ASC
Week 16 at the Pole

Among all the healthy activities at the Pole lately is the “Climb to Mt. Everest” [...]

Week 15 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF The first auroras of the season are in! This is always such [...]

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