Category Archives: News

Week 9 at the Pole

What’s green and frilly and grows at the South Pole? Outside, nothing, but inside, we’re [...]

Week 8 at the Pole

There’s work and then there’s play. And sometimes play can take a lot of work. [...]

Week 7 at the Pole

A great shot of the last LC-130 leaving the station. It marks the beginning of [...]

Week 6 at the Pole

Everything coming to or leaving the Pole goes through McMurdo Station on the coast. And [...]

Week 5 at the Pole

For some, ice cream is a summertime treat. For others, it’s good just about anytime. [...]

IceCube Opens South Pole “Winterover” Positions

Official position listings are available at https://wipac.wisc.edu/careers It takes a lot people power to run the [...]

Week 4 at the Pole

A solemn ceremony was held at the South Pole to commemorate the crew of the [...]

IceCube reveals interesting high-energy neutrino events

Each of the white dots represents an optical module in the IceCube neutrino detector. The [...]

Week 3 at the Pole

They are set up well at the South Pole station, with comfortable (enough) living quarters, [...]

IceCube high school internship program launches in Madison, WI

Students working together on an LED activity. The Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) is [...]