Monday, September 30, 2013 - 4:30am
The sun is rising at the Pole, but this once-a-year occurrence is a much more gradual happening than the once-a-day occurrence most of us experience (or don’t, if we sleep through it, as the case may be). Above, increasing sunlight lets you clearly see the flag path leading to the Dark Sector (here’s a Google Maps panoramic view of this area, on a clear bright day);
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 5:30am
There is little to no snowfall at the South Pole—it’s basically a desert. But there is a lot of snow on the ground.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 5:15am
Sky-watchers around the world were anticipating this close encounter of celestial objects last week. It was the conjunction of the moon and Venus, and the South Pole was a great place to capture a shot.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 4:45am
Now that looks like the sun—finally! It’s rising up over the flags at the ceremonial South Pole.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 11:45am
By 2010, the year that construction was completed, it was clear that the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a project inspired and led by UW–Madison scientists and engineers, was one of the most amazing international science projects of the last few decades. Since then, scientists all around the world have been screening the data from the detector for traces of very high-energy neutrinos, which could reveal the source and nature of cosmic rays
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 3:00am
All appears to be tranquil, but there was more commotion than usual last week. A power outage occurred at the Pole that affected all the facilities at the station,
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 5:00pm
Last January, eight Madison-area high school students began an internship at Wisconsin's only astrophysics research center. Over the course of 12 weeks, they studied neutrino physics, learning about cosmic-rays, supernovae, and sifting through real data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 3:45am
The sun has not officially risen at the Pole yet, but things do keep getting brighter. Outside that is. Inside?
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 9:45am
The yellow light cast on the ground makes the scene look almost like a sandy beach, with a shorefront edging into dark waters. But it’s just an illusion, we’re still at the Pole.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 3:45am
It’s still dark at the Pole these days, but knowing that the sunrise is not that far off, station staff are taking every opportunity to capture some great night photos. It got a little windy this week, too, at least by South Pole standards.