A lot happened at the Pole last week, even though there aren’t a lot of pictures to show for it.
Last week the first LC-130 of the season arrived at the Pole, staying long enough to offload its contents and then reload with cargo to take back to McMurdo.
The South Pole traverse showed up at the Pole last week bearing essential fuel and cargo.
Last year’s IceCube winterovers, Martin and Josh, finally boarded a departing flight after weather delays kept them longer at the Pole.
Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the US and as such is celebrated at the South Pole, too.
Last week was busy at the South Pole—and cold, too, even though it’s summer there.
Last week, IceCube’s two new winterovers, Moreno and Celas, had their first experience doing snow measurements at all the IceCube surface stations.
Last week, two new incoming IceCube winterovers arrived at the Pole and were greeted by the outgoing winterovers, who will train them on IceCube before they leave and make their way back home.
The IceCube detector may have been quiet, but there was plenty of other activity last week at the Pole.
Another plane arrived at the Pole last week to refuel before continuing on to McMurdo Station and departed with a couple of additional passengers.