Category Archives: News

Week 20 at the Pole

How does slow equal fast? Well, apparently for fire rescue teams, slow mean smooth, and [...]

Sensor from Antarctic observatory IceCube joins Smithsonian collection

A sensor from the enormous Antarctic observatory IceCube has joined the permanent collection of the [...]

Week 19 at the Pole

Look what showed up in the dish pits lately. Hmmm. At least this shark infestation [...]

Week 18 at the Pole

IceCube’s winterovers just sat down to take in the view after finishing up some outdoor [...]

Week 17 at the Pole

It’s still not completely dark, but we know that eventually, and soon enough, the darkness [...]

Week 16 at the Pole

The extreme environment of the South Pole poses numerous challenges for those who work there, [...]

Week 15 at the Pole

It’s not the first aurora of the season, but it is the first one to [...]

Week 14 at the Pole

The sky was still bright enough last week to take a photo of an ozone [...]

Week 13 at the Pole

There’s still just a bit of sunlight lingering, as seen in the image—what’s not so [...]

Week 12 at the Pole

Although the sun has set and winter has begun, it takes a while before it [...]