Category Archives: Life at the Pole

Week 46 at the Pole

IceCube’s new winterovers, Benjamin and Kathrin, are now fending for themselves as they said goodbye [...]

Week 45 at the Pole

Last week began with cold, beautiful weather. The sun was out when all four winterovers [...]

Week 44 at the Pole

And then there were four. Last week saw the arrival of IceCube’s two new winterovers, [...]

Week 43 at the Pole

IceCube was quiet and well behaved last week, but the week was full of all [...]

Week 42 at the Pole

Ok, so you’ve completed that giant 18,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, now what? Well, you might not [...]

Week 41 at the Pole

Bad weather at the Pole last week kept the first flights from arriving, but it [...]

Week 40 at the Pole

While they wait at the Pole for the first arriving flights of the season, there [...]

Week 39 at the Pole

The main entrance to the South Pole station is known as Destination Alpha—this image shows [...]

Week 38 at the Pole

The equinox occurred last week, and the sun has finally risen above the horizon. The [...]

Week 37 at the Pole

Just because the sun’s coming up, doesn’t mean it’s getting warmer yet. In fact, they’ve [...]