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WIPAC scientist and collaborators develop magnetic shield to protect astronauts and computers

WIPAC's Paolo Desiati is collaborating with UW astronomy professor Elena D’Onghia and Kieran Furlong, a [...]

Platform and stairs outside the IceCube Lab after being cleared of snow accumulation.
Week 43 at the Pole

The IceCube detector may have been quiet, but there was plenty of other activity last [...]

Front view of small plane arriving at the Pole, propellors still twirling.
Week 42 at the Pole

Another plane arrived at the Pole last week to refuel before continuing on to McMurdo [...]

Lots of water vapor surrounding propellor plane at the South Pole during refueling.
Week 41 at the Pole

What started out as a relatively quiet week at the Pole ended with some excitement. [...]

Week 40 at the Pole

Danielle Simmons, ASC Last week was relatively quiet at the Pole. But with station opening [...]

South Pole station winterovers posing as a group behind the South Pole Telescope.
Week 39 at the Pole

Last week, the intrepid South Pole station winterovers got themselves together (all but two of [...]

Week 38 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF It was sunrise last week at the Pole. But first, let’s take [...]

Week 37 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF Sunrise is a prolonged event at the South Pole. But even though [...]

Week 36 at the Pole

Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF It was a relatively quiet one last week at the Pole. IceCube’s [...]

Dark sector flag line with pinkish sky at twilight.
Week 35 at the Pole

It’s now bright enough to see your way around outside at the Pole, which is [...]