As the sky at the South Pole gets brighter, we can definitely see the difference from just two weeks ago in this view of the IceCube Lab. The snow drift is still there, though, and that will stay there until it is intentionally moved—the sun won’t be able to make a dent in it, even when it is fully out after sunrise. But that drift isn’t the only snow that will need to be removed. The IceCube Upgrade drill camp will really need some attention before deployment begins, as it has snow drifts up to the tops of the containers. Last week, IceCube’s winterovers had their own small snow removal task as part of their efforts to extend one of the IceTop markers that was nearly buried from drifting snow.
