Category Archives: Life at the Pole

Week 44 at the Pole

With the first planes of the summer season come an influx of new faces and [...]

Week 43 at the Pole

This week saw the first planes arriving for the summer season at the Pole—that’s pretty [...]

Week 42 at the Pole

The winterovers report a rather uneventful week at the Pole. Nonetheless, beautiful pictures abound. The [...]

Week 41 at the Pole

The IceCube winterovers share space with other folks stationed at the South Pole during the [...]

Week 40 at the Pole

The sun has risen at the Pole. The ICL (IceCube Lab) is shown basking in [...]

Week 39 at the Pole

It was a windy one at the Pole—tattering flags and threatening to ruin the one [...]

Week 38 at the Pole

The sun is getting ready to show up. With only one sunrise each year, it’s [...]

Week 37 at the Pole

This photo of the station manager placing a flag at the ceremonial South Pole exemplifies [...]

Week 36 at the Pole

These are sastrugi. Who doesn’t love to learn a new word? Sastrugi are wavelike ridges [...]

Week 35 at the Pole

One of the IceCube winterovers stands in front of the IceCube Lab with outstretched arms [...]