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Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 3:00pm
When traveling to the South Pole, you have to be prepared for delays. But last week it was the station, not the travelers, that was not quite prepared—with a summer population close to its limits, it had to creatively house dozens of passengers left behind from departing planes that boomeranged. The gym was put to use, as was the lounge and other common areas with chairs and sofas. The weather finally behaved toward the end of the week and the stranded folks finally made it out of there
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 5:30pm
Four new arrivals reported to the South Pole ready for duty after experiencing considerable travel delays. They donned their white lab coats and got to work, performing test runs and installing cabling (looks like fun!)—and they even fit in some time to join a scheduled outreach webcast to talk about their work and travels. For those who ventured outdoors, a nice sun halo was on view. And the penguin?
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 10:30am
Photos show the spot of the geographical South Pole, just before and after the old marker was removed—as we mentioned last week, at the beginning of each year a new marker is situated at the current location, which shifts constantly due to the movement of the ice sheet.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 3:15pm
Week 52 is our last week of the year at the South Pole. And every New Year’s Day, they have a celebration at the Pole in which they plant a newly designed marker for the location of the ever-shifting geographic pole.
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 1:30pm
Last week saw the arrival of IceCube’s second winterover, Mack van Rossem, finally (an unusual glitch this year left IceCube with only one winterover until now). Mack got to jump right in, driving the scout for the regular December snow survey.
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.