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Week 23 at the Pole

Nice snow drift! Or sastruga, as one might say at the Pole. This enormous snow [...]

Week 22 at the Pole

Since it’s nighttime all the time during winter at the South Pole, it can be [...]

Week 21 at the Pole

Last time it was frosted glasses, now it’s a frosty staircase. Blowing snow during the [...]

Week 20 at the Pole

The winds kept at it last week. The blowing snow not only obstructs the view [...]

Week 19 at the Pole

A quiet week at the Pole for the detector, but he photos were just striking! [...]

Week 18 at the Pole

Even in winter, you can get an impressive halo—here it’s the moon. Halos are caused [...]

Week 17 at the Pole

Last week was fairly relaxed at the Pole. Some testing and troubleshooting with the detector, [...]

Prototype camera set for integration into novel gamma-ray telescope

A unique high-speed camera, designed to capture the fleeting effects of gamma rays crashing into [...]

Week 16 at the Pole

Although the sky is not yet dark, auroras appeared for the first time this austral [...]

Week 15 at the Pole

The detector was behaving, so IceCube’s winterovers had sufficient time to fit in a number [...]