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Friday, January 30, 2015 - 1:30pm
This “ring around the sun” is a halo, an optical phenomenon that occurs from light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 8:30am
Water restrictions prompt innovation. When already limited showers get rationed even further, as they have been recently at the South Pole station, you start thinking of ways to work around the problem.
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 10:00am
Ah, the things we take for granted. Sunshine might be one of them. Running water might be another. At the Pole, sometimes you have to do without.
Friday, February 6, 2015 - 10:00am
Last week we saw a sun halo, and a few weeks back we saw the newly inaugurated South Pole marker. Lo and behold, they have come together.
Monday, February 16, 2015 - 2:00pm
Giant spools sure do serve as a great photo prop. Now empty, these spools had a previous life, brought to the Pole full of cable and ready for action, for use on IceCube and other nearby experiments.
Friday, February 20, 2015 - 1:15pm
The week began with some extra-nice halos and ended with an exodus of most of the summer people at the Pole.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 10:15am
Now that the sun is back at the South Pole, there’s nowhere to hide. You can walk outside and see everything—everything that was there in the darkness all winter long.
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 2:00pm
What’s the easiest way to get a nicely centered picture of an approaching airplane on the ice at the South Pole? Have it taxi straight toward you. Here's the last Herc of the season to arrive at the Pole, just as it came to a stop.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 11:30am
After months and months of darkness, it’s no wonder that the sun’s return to the South Pole is anxiously awaited. So what happens when the sun finally does reappear? Lots of things.
Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 10:15am
It was a week of acronyms and snow surveys. Each year at the Pole, before the darkness of winter sets in, IceCube winterovers take advantage of the still available daylight to complete tasks that can’t be managed well in the dark.