Field Season 1 02-04-2024

Twelve personnel are at Pole as of 26 January: Erik Ejdepalm, Skyler Grulke, Sarah Johnson, Jake Nesbit, Chris Nielsen, Tom Nordin, Dave Pernic, Chana Sinsabvrodom, Kurt Studt, Åse Torgilsson, Paul Wisniewski, and Sam Wolcott. Summary …

Field Season 1 01-21-2024

For a second straight week, the ICU Team made incredible progress. Work on several Mobile Drilling Structures was completed and the buildings were delivered to the Seasonal Equipment Site and the berm. We made up …

Field Season 1 01-07-2024

The Team continued to make good progress last week, but equipment problems during the Main Heating Plant Flush cost three days on this critical task. Delays to the flush also impacts progress on the Antarctic …

Field Season 1 12-24-2024

Sixteen personnel are at Pole as of 12 December: Tony Carleton, Jeanne Edwards, Erik Ejdepalm, Skyler Grulke, Brent Folmer, Sarah Johnson, Jake Nesbit, Chris Nielsen, Tom Nordin, Dave Pernic, Chana Sinsabvrodom, Kurt Studt, Åse Torgilsson, …

Field Season 1 12-10-2023

With help from ASC, we installed a temporary bypass in place of the broken Generator 1 thermostatic valve discovered last week. A replacement valve is being hand carried by our 2nd half-deployers.   Following repairs, …

Field Season 1 11-26-2023

Early in the week, ASC completed grooming the Cryo site and we received an additional nine Mobile Drilling Structures (MDS). Team effort focused on finishing set up of our Cryo, Mobile Expandable Container Configuration (MECC), …

Field Season 1 11-20-23

Our first full day at Pole we spent getting oriented, including getting our computers online, receiving radios, and visiting key personnel to coordinate ASC support. Saturday was our first full work day. We started by …

South Pole Field Updates 2023

Personnel at PSL are preparing for the first field season of the IceCube Upgrade project at the South Pole in Antarctica. It’s a place like no other in the world. At the center of the …