The first flight bringing summer crew to the South Pole finally arrived. It was a Basler plane, which brought 12 arrivals but left with three of the winterovering crew. IceCube’s current winterovers Joe and Ilya are still at the Pole, waiting for their replacements to arrive. Even with the first arrivals, the week was relatively quiet. That’s Joe, below, receiving his Antarctic Service Medal and certificate. And the path between the drill camp containers just keeps getting more and more cleared of snow drifts.
