Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 2:00pm
What’s the easiest way to get a nicely centered picture of an approaching airplane on the ice at the South Pole? Have it taxi straight toward you. Here's the last Herc of the season to arrive at the Pole, just as it came to a stop.
Friday, February 20, 2015 - 1:15pm
The week began with some extra-nice halos and ended with an exodus of most of the summer people at the Pole.
Monday, February 16, 2015 - 2:00pm
Giant spools sure do serve as a great photo prop. Now empty, these spools had a previous life, brought to the Pole full of cable and ready for action, for use on IceCube and other nearby experiments.
Friday, February 6, 2015 - 10:00am
Last week we saw a sun halo, and a few weeks back we saw the newly inaugurated South Pole marker. Lo and behold, they have come together.
Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 3:00pm
Registration and abstract submission for the IceCube Particle Astrophysics Symposium (IPA2015): Cosmic Neutrinos, What Next? is open. IPA2015 will be held on Monday, May 4th through Wednesday, May 6th in Madison, Wisconsin.
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 1:30pm
This “ring around the sun” is a halo, an optical phenomenon that occurs from light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Friday, January 23, 2015 - 1:00pm
At first glance it looks like IceCube winterover Stephan has sprouted some new teeth at the Pole. But they’re just ice clumps, not to worry.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 10:30am
Tagged any good muons lately? Maybe you just aren’t using the right equipment. Last week at the South Pole, IceCube folks set up equipment for some muon tagger runs—special calibration tests of the IceTop stations.
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 3:00pm
Yet another year has come to an end for IceCube with plenty of new science results, an always growing international collaboration, and plans for an update to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 10:45am
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory team is anxiously awaiting the arrival of Armando Caussade at the South Pole. Caussade’s long journey from Puerto Rico to the frozen, windy desert that he will call home for a couple of weeks started on January 2, 2015.