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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.
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.
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 10:00am
The last thing you want to forget to pack when you’re off to the South Pole for a year is … your lederhosen.
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 3:15pm
With the sun now up, outdoor preparations for summer activity at the South Pole station will move into higher gear. Calm weather last week provided an opportunity to groom the skiway, where the Earth’s shadow is still visible in the sky as a blue band just above the horizon.
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 4:15pm
Sunrise is slowly coming along at the South Pole, with some refracted light showing over the horizon on clear days.
Friday, September 18, 2015 - 4:00pm
The landscape at the South Pole continues to brighten, making it perhaps harder to ignore the extent of snow accumulation at the IceCube Lab. But snow removal wasn’t on the table last week, which was a quiet one all around for the IceCube winterovers.