The journey to the South Pole takes five trips: Madison, WI; Denver, CO; Christchurch, NZ; McMurdo Station; and finally, the South Pole! To survive there, the Extreme Cold Weather Gear includes a warm stuffed jacket and other items. The South Pole station is elevated and shaped to control snow drift, and the whole station can actually be lifted. Everyone there is part of the emergency team. Getting fresh food (called "freshies") every day is a challenge. The recreation outside is mostly plain snow, but people can snowboard on it.
They showed us an image of the "IceCubers" (the people who work there). The IceCubers can have problems moving around, maybe because they are probably blocked by traffic, but by the looks of it, not that many people will have trouble moving around!
They talked about how the IceCube detector has multiple sensors and radars. They study particles that can move through things! The IceCube drill camp is only open in the summer, and the workplace for the ICL (IceCube Lab) has an open house then, too. People working at the drill camp use ropes and hinges to move things around. In the drill camp, there's a 2.5 km hose reel, hot water pumps, generators, the IceCube Lab, and the drill tower.
They also showed us a timeline for Neutrino Astronomy in Antarctica. In 1988, the telescope in the ice was envisioned, and in 2000, the AMANDA telescope was completed. I won't put the rest of the timeline because we ran out of time!
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