Category Archives: News
Turn your smart phone into a cosmic ray telescope
Professor Justin Vandenbroucke leads the development of the DECO app. Image: Jeff Miller, UW-Madison The [...]
Week 36 at the Pole
As dawn approaches, the sky is cast in a glow that reflects off the sides [...]
Week 35 at the Pole
There’s the moon, but where’s the sun? It’s coming, it’s coming. At the South Pole, [...]
Week 34 at the Pole
As with any week at the Pole, activities involved a mix of work and play, [...]
WIPAC welcomes new director Professor Kael Hanson
Professor Kael Hanson Photo credit: L.Boritzke, WIPAC Professor Kael Hanson has just been appointed as [...]
WIPAC high school internship program now accepting applications
Image: L.Boritzke, WIPAC “The high school internship at WIPAC was easily one of the highlights [...]
Week 33 at the Pole
If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. Not so for auroras. These spellbinding light [...]
Week 32 at the Pole
Kids, don’t try this at home. At least not without proper equipment. Here some winterovers [...]
Week 31 at the Pole
Sun or moon? From the photo it’s hard to tell. It sure looks like a [...]
WIPAC brings ice drilling to UW–Madison Day at the Wisconsin State Fair
Cooling down a hot day with blocks of ice Visitors learned about the South Pole [...]