IceCube – South Pole Neutrino Observatory
icecube.wisc.edu
icecube.wisc.edu
20 years ago, I was a big fan.
Huh, did it use NZ time for everyone else? Or is it cleverly localised?
I would've thought that the South Pole base would be on a US timezone.
It's also amusing because the tourist camp less than a km from Amundsen-Scott also goes by Chilean time. The tourist camp staff invited us over for Christmas when I was down at Pole, but it was like 3 am for them...
'The station uses New Zealand time (UTC+12 during standard time and UTC+13 during daylight saving time) since all flights to McMurdo station depart from Christchurch and, therefore, all official travel from the pole goes through New Zealand.'
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South...
Kidding aside, https://brr.fyi/ is a fascinating site that details "less exciting" daily life at the much larger coastal McMurdo Station.
Amundsen-Scott itself is neat to read about, particularly the strategies they employ against becoming buried in snow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_P...