Monday, December 27, 2021 - 1:30pm
Last week the first LC-130 of the season arrived at the Pole, staying long enough to offload its contents and then reload with cargo to take back to McMurdo.
Monday, December 20, 2021 - 1:15pm
The South Pole traverse showed up at the Pole last week bearing essential fuel and cargo.
Thursday, December 9, 2021 - 1:00pm
Last year’s IceCube winterovers, Martin and Josh, finally boarded a departing flight after weather delays kept them longer at the Pole.
Friday, December 3, 2021 - 12:30pm
Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the US and as such is celebrated at the South Pole, too.
Monday, November 29, 2021 - 1:30pm
Last week was busy at the South Pole—and cold, too, even though it’s summer there.
Monday, November 22, 2021 - 2:00pm
Last week, IceCube’s two new winterovers, Moreno and Celas, had their first experience doing snow measurements at all the IceCube surface stations.
Monday, November 15, 2021 - 2:00pm
Last week, two new incoming IceCube winterovers arrived at the Pole and were greeted by the outgoing winterovers, who will train them on IceCube before they leave and make their way back home.
Friday, November 12, 2021 - 12:00pm
WIPAC is back with our IceCube display at the Holiday Fantasy in Lights event in Madison, WI!
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 3:00pm
WIPAC's Paolo Desiati is collaborating with UW astronomy professor Elena D’Onghia and Kieran Furlong, a senior fellow at UW–Madison’s COWS thinktank, to develop a magnetic shield that will divert space and cosmic ray radiation away from a volume.
Friday, November 5, 2021 - 9:00am
The IceCube detector may have been quiet, but there was plenty of other activity last week at the Pole.