Week 18 at the Pole

By Jean DeMerit — Friday, May 12, 2017 - 2:15pm
Friday, May 12, 2017 - 2:15pm

Lying down on snow under starry skies, with South Pole flags
Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF

If you find yourself at the South Pole, and the sky above you is sparkling with stars and shimmering with auroras, you might just want to lie down and stare straight up for best effect.  That’s what winterover Martin did recently, seen above in front of the flags at the ceremonial South Pole.  Below we see both Martin and James standing near the ICL and waving in greeting to all the IceCubers who congregated last week for their spring collaboration meeting.  Besides spectacular auroras, another highlight from last week at the Pole was an amazing pizza dinner following completion of work being done in the kitchen.

Winterovers outside waving in front of IceCube Lab at South Pole
Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF

South Pole sky full of auroras
Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF

 

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