Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 8:30am
it was a rather busy week at the Pole. Besides people coming and going, there was the first IceCube webcast of the season, with a school from Wisconsin and two schools from Greece joining the event. An unexpected fire drill was also held last week
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:00pm
Decades ago, the aspiration to build a kilometer-scale neutrino detector at the South Pole seemed farfetched; today, we celebrate the 5-year anniversary of this incredible achievement.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 12:00pm
Inside the station, holiday decorations are slowly beginning to emerge as December progresses.
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 3:00pm
The number of IceCube personnel at the South Pole station during the past few summers is nothing like it used to be. Back in the days of detector construction, the number of staff on the ice would be in the double digits at this point.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 8:45am
We weren’t kidding that there are a lot of training sessions for activities at the Pole. Last week saw some more training—fire fighters in search and rescue missions.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 3:00pm
There are training sessions for just about everything that goes on at the South Pole. Dropping cargo from an airplane is no exception.
Friday, November 20, 2015 - 8:00am
A steady wind shows the flags at the ceremonial South Pole aligning themselves quite neatly. Flying conditions were good for most of the week, with several incoming flights bringing more summer visitors to the Pole.
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 2:30pm
Clear weather allowed most of the scheduled flights to make it to the Pole last week, with a stream of new arrivals from each plane.
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 11:30am
It’s that time of year for the “changing of the guard”— for IceCube’s winterovers, that is.
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 11:00am
IceCube data are stubbornly showing us only a glimpse of the extreme universe at a time. Ever since the discovery of a flux of TeV-PeV astrophysical neutrinos, scientists have been studying various potential sources of these neutrinos, and little by little, learning details about the composition of the cosmic neutrino flux.