Week 27 at the Pole

By Jean DeMerit — Friday, July 17, 2020 - 2:30pm
Friday, July 17, 2020 - 2:30pm

Person working outside in red parka, starry sky with Milky Way and aurora visible
Yuya Makino, IceCube/NSF

The “Polympics” continued last week at the South Pole.  Some of the events were quite fitting to the environment, such as sled pull, flag throw, and 100 m sastrugi run.  The festivities closed with IceCube’s winterovers coming away with a few medals, including a gold—way to go! As for the detector, it had a stable week with no major issues, and the winterovers smoothly performed some maintenance items. In the image above, we see IceCube winterover John removing the cover from the IceAct field telescope, while the sky is still grabbing its deserved attention.

Dark outside, lit in red, group of people climbing a snow bank under station
Geoffrey Chenn, SPT/NSF

Person in red parka throwing a shotput, while others watch
Geoffrey Chenn, SPT/NSF

 

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