Category Archives: Life at the Pole

Week 20 at the Pole

Space: the final frontier. These are the images of IceCube winterover Mack van Rossem. Well, [...]

Week 19 at the Pole

Not a particularly busy or hectic week at the Pole—quiet punctuated by work, or work [...]

Week 18 at the Pole

Under a sky lit by auroras, you can see the path through the Dark Sector, [...]

Week 17 at the Pole

It’s aurora season at the South Pole. Two lone figures—both of IceCube’s winterovers—were out on [...]

Week 16 at the Pole

IceCube winterover Mack’s Ecuadorian devil’s mask looks extra devilish under the red lights as he [...]

Week 15 at the Pole

IceCube winterover Mack van Rossem stands, with a full moon and the IceCube Lab (ICL) [...]

Week 14 at the Pole

With the darkness of winter settling in, it’s time to cover the windows. It’s also [...]

Week 13 at the Pole

It was a relatively tranquil week at the Pole, but not without its interruptions—April Fool's [...]

Week 12 at the Pole

A mushroom cloud … at the South Pole? What’s going on down there? What’s going [...]

Week 11 at the Pole

With so little time left above the horizon, the sun is making a nice spectacle [...]