Week 32 at the Pole

The igloo—the prime attraction at the South Pole for the last few weeks—is no more. [...]

The 2016 WIPAC-QuarkNet internship in brief

The 2016 WIPAC-QuarkNet internship hosted students from Madison, Cottage Grove, and Janesville, Wisconsin, and even [...]

Week 31 at the Pole

The igloo from last week is finally finished. What began as an afternoon project ended [...]

Week 30 at the Pole

That’s not the IceCube Lab all frosted up in this photo but the ARO (Atmospheric [...]

IceCube search for the ‘sterile neutrino’ draws a blank

In an effort to fill in the blanks of the Standard Model of particle physics, [...]

High school interns benefit from tackling IceCube challenges

As the summer is heating up, two local high school students are chilling out working [...]

Week 29 at the Pole

Station life was quiet at the South Pole last week, but not too quiet. They [...]

Week 28 at the Pole

In summer at the South Pole, the traditional place for photo ops is the ceremonial [...]

Week 27 at the Pole

The sky was not disappointing anyone last week at the Pole; it had it all—stars, [...]

Week 26 at the Pole

South Pole, dead of winter, no sun for months. So, that rules out a rainbow [...]