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“Week at the Pole”
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 8:30am
it was a rather busy week at the Pole. Besides people coming and going, there was the first IceCube webcast of the season, with a school from Wisconsin and two schools from Greece joining the event. An unexpected fire drill was also held last week
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 12:00pm
Inside the station, holiday decorations are slowly beginning to emerge as December progresses.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 11:30am
It’s that time of year for the “changing of the guard”— for IceCube’s winterovers, that is.
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.
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 10:15am
The first planes of the season have arrived at the South Pole.