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 [...]