Category Archives: Life at the Pole

Week 29 at the Pole

The auroras tell you it’s winter at the South Pole—you can’t see auroras there during [...]

Week 28 at the Pole

It looks as if the smoke stacks are releasing a plume of green smoke along [...]

Week 27 at the Pole

Winter is long at the South Pole, at least when measured by the last plane [...]

Week 26 at the Pole

How to make any 4th of July celebration special? Start with a dish decorated in [...]

Week 25 at the Pole

Since bundling up to go outdoors is a bit of an ordeal, you don’t want [...]

Week 24 at the Pole

Last week we mentioned that they were celebrating midwinter at the South Pole, but we [...]

Week 23 at the Pole

Life at the Pole may be different than life elsewhere, but some things are the [...]

Week 22 at the Pole

This photograph of the ICL (IceCube Lab) almost looks as if it’s set against an [...]

An interview with the 2013-14 IceCube winterovers

Dag Larsen and Ian Rees arrived at the South Pole in November 2013. The brand-new [...]

Week 21 at the Pole

Some very bright auroras have been unfolding in the sky above the South Pole lately. [...]