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Week 26 at the Pole
South Pole, dead of winter, no sun for months. So, that rules out a rainbow [...]
TARGET 5, enabling precision gamma-ray astronomy
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will detect gamma rays with unprecedented precision. To do this, [...]
Week 25 at the Pole
It’s the middle of winter at the South Pole, and not only is it dark [...]
Week 24 at the Pole
Last week, they were observing midwinter at the South Pole station, which traditionally includes a [...]
Week 23 at the Pole
A completed jigsaw puzzle serves as a base for holding a sizeable LEGO creation. This [...]
Week 22 at the Pole
Last week at the Pole the entire winterover crew got together to take a group [...]
Week 21 at the Pole
Station life was quiet last week. Outside, the auroras kept themselves a bit quiet, too. [...]
Week 20 at the Pole
Space: the final frontier. These are the images of IceCube winterover Mack van Rossem. Well, [...]
IC86-2016, or a new physics run for IceCube
The IceCube Lab at the South Pole collects data from over 5,000 light sensors. Around [...]