Category Archives: Life at the Pole
Week 5 at the Pole
For some, ice cream is a summertime treat. For others, it’s good just about anytime. [...]
IceCube Opens South Pole “Winterover” Positions
Official position listings are available at https://wipac.wisc.edu/careers It takes a lot people power to run the [...]
Week 4 at the Pole
A solemn ceremony was held at the South Pole to commemorate the crew of the [...]
Week 3 at the Pole
They are set up well at the South Pole station, with comfortable (enough) living quarters, [...]
Week 2 at the Pole
The IceCube winterovers have plenty of darkness to look forward to in the coming months, [...]
Week 1 at the Pole
A flurry of activities marked the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013, a [...]
Week 52 at the Pole
Not sure what the costume is all about, but these people are clearly running a [...]
Week 49 at the Pole
Antarctica’s a cold continent, and all of the activities at the South Pole would not [...]
Week 48 at the Pole
There won’t be too many more shots of this South Pole marker. Each year, on [...]
Week 47 at the Pole
It’s official—Sven and Carlos, IceCube’s winterovers for the past year, have left the Pole. Here [...]