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snow drift
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 12:00pm

Inside the station, holiday decorations are slowly beginning to emerge as December progresses.

plane
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 3:00pm
The number of IceCube personnel at the South Pole station during the past few summers is nothing like it used to be. Back in the days of detector construction, the number of staff on the ice would be in the double digits at this point.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 8:45am
We weren’t kidding that there are a lot of training sessions for activities at the Pole. Last week saw some more training—fire fighters in search and rescue missions.
airdop
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 3:00pm
There are training sessions for just about everything that goes on at the South Pole. Dropping cargo from an airplane is no exception.
ceremonial pole
Friday, November 20, 2015 - 8:00am
A steady wind shows the flags at the ceremonial South Pole aligning themselves quite neatly. Flying conditions were good for most of the week, with several incoming flights bringing more summer visitors to the Pole.
plane arriving
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 2:30pm
Clear weather allowed most of the scheduled flights to make it to the Pole last week, with a stream of new arrivals from each plane.
winterovers
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 11:30am
It’s that time of year for the “changing of the guard”— for IceCube’s winterovers, that is.
empty galley
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 3:30pm
The first two incoming planes of the season arrived the previous week, but heavy winds and low visibility last week stopped two of three scheduled flights from showing up. Also last week, all the winterovers voted on the design of their group photo, to join a long line of such photos, shown hanging on an interior station wall.
plane
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 10:15am
The first planes of the season have arrived at the South Pole.
winterover crew
Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 2:15pm

A relatively quiet week for the IceCube detector, but busy in general for the station. It’s that time of year, post sunrise, when preparations for summer arrivals are in full swing.

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