Category Archives: Life at the Pole

Week 16 at the Pole

Although the sky is not yet dark, auroras appeared for the first time this austral [...]

Week 15 at the Pole

The detector was behaving, so IceCube’s winterovers had sufficient time to fit in a number [...]

Week 14 at the Pole

Didn’t we say the sun had set already? We did. But that doesn’t mean the [...]

Week 13 at the Pole

Who needs the sun when you have a moon like this! This image shows the [...]

Week 12 at the Pole

At the South Pole, you never know whether the skies will be clear enough to [...]

Week 11 at the Pole

Last week was stormy at the Pole, according to IceCube’s winterovers. Guess that’s where these [...]

Week 10 at the Pole

It takes a long time for the sun to set at the South Pole. Maybe [...]

Week 9 at the Pole

The fuel arch under the station is one of the coldest—and creepiest—places at the Pole, [...]

Week 8 at the Pole

A quiet week at the Pole. And when the quiet stems from a well-behaved detector, [...]

Week 7 at the Pole

That’s it—the South Pole station is officially closed for the season. The few remaining summer [...]