Week 47 at the Pole

We weren’t kidding that there are a lot of training sessions for activities at the [...]

Week 46 at the Pole

There are training sessions for just about everything that goes on at the South Pole. [...]

Week 45 at the Pole

A steady wind shows the flags at the ceremonial South Pole aligning themselves quite neatly. [...]

Week 44 at the Pole

Clear weather allowed most of the scheduled flights to make it to the Pole last [...]

Week 43 at the Pole

It’s that time of year for the “changing of the guard”—for IceCube’s winterovers, that is. [...]

Star-forming galaxies are not the main source of IceCube neutrinos

IceCube data are stubbornly showing us only a glimpse of the extreme universe at a [...]

Unveiling the insights of your phone using cosmic rays

If learning that you can turn your smart phone into a cosmic-ray telescope was astonishing, [...]

Week 42 at the Pole

IceCube winterover Stephan Richter took this wide angle shot of the South Pole station's galley---in [...]

Week 41 at the Pole

The first planes of the season have arrived at the South Pole. Two planes landed [...]

Week 40 at the Pole

The winterover crew gathered at the geographic South Pole for their annual group shot. It [...]