Category Archives: News

Week 9 at the Pole

The fuel arch under the station is one of the coldest—and creepiest—places at the Pole, [...]

Week 8 at the Pole

A quiet week at the Pole. And when the quiet stems from a well-behaved detector, [...]

Week 7 at the Pole

That’s it—the South Pole station is officially closed for the season. The few remaining summer [...]

Week 6 at the Pole

It was a busy week at the Pole. There are always lots of preparations to [...]

Week 5 at the Pole

The summer season is nearing its end. So IceCube’s winterovers were busy helping summer crew [...]

WIPAC alumnus Markus Ahlers receives $1.2 million to continue his work with IceCube

After a five-year John Bahcall postdoctoral fellowship at WIPAC, astroparticle physicist Markus Ahlers returned to [...]

Week 4 at the Pole

IceCube winterover Raffaela got to see some amazing wildlife on her break, but check out [...]

Week 3 at the Pole

When you see mountains and wildlife, you know we’re not at the South Pole anymore. [...]

Week 2 at the Pole

Since the winterovers spend a full year at the Pole, they get to fit in [...]

Week 1 at the Pole

The IceCube detector started out the year with no major issues. Yay! But there was [...]