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  • Scientist Terry Benson Presents On “Innovations in  Hot Water Drilling  at the South Pole”

    Scientist Terry Benson Presents On “Innovations in Hot Water Drilling at the South Pole”

    Last Austral Summer, I spent 3.5 months living at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. Among my many jobs on station, one of the most rewarding was the work I did with the Askaryan Radio Array drill and deployment teams. During my time working with the ARA, I got to spend some good time with…

  • Building The Askaryan Radio Array At The South Pole

    This season while living and working at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, I’ve had the opportunity to meet and in some cases work with a few incredibly talented science teams taking part in ground breaking research. One such team was the ARA Team to construct the Askaryan Radio Array – A large-scale radio Cherenkov…

  • Exploring the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory

    Exploring the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory

    One of the amazing benefits of living here at the South Pole is that I get access to some of the world’s leading scientists, and the experiments they’re working on. In fact, the luxury of having meals and chatting with scientists, and then being able to go out to their experiments is by far one…