Category Archives: Life at the Pole

Week 2 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF It doesn’t snow much at the South Pole but there is lots [...]

Week 1 at the Pole

The first full week of the year was a busy one!  So much going on… [...]

Week 52 at the Pole

Like other places around the world, the South Pole has its traditions for ringing in [...]

Week 51 at the Pole

There are many well-established traditions at the South Pole, and the “Race Around the World” [...]

Week 50 at the Pole

The holiday season is often a busy time of year for many people, and things [...]

Week 49 at the Pole

It was a fairly busy week at the Pole. IceCube’s new winterovers made their first [...]

Week 48 at the Pole

The sun provided all sorts of photo opportunities at the Pole last week. Here we [...]

Week 47 at the Pole

More planes (and more fresh faces) arrived at the Pole last week. With five planes [...]

Week 46 at the Pole

The first Basler plane arrived at the South Pole last week, bringing a few newcomers [...]

Week 45 at the Pole

Last week it warmed up a bit at the Pole, rising from about -45 ºF [...]