science
IceCube Laboratory
Above the ice, a small blue laboratory listens to a detector hidden below.
The story behind the place
The IceCube Laboratory houses computers that collect and filter signals from light sensors frozen deep into Antarctic ice. Those signals help researchers investigate neutrinos, particles that rarely interact with matter. Raised on steel supports, the laboratory is the surface hub of a much larger observatory. The instruments below the snow do their work out of sight.
Explore on the globe →Find IceCube Laboratory on the map, record the discovery in your travel journal and continue exploring nearby places.
Read more from the sources
- IceCube — Detector and surface data processingicecube.wisc.edu
- IceCube — Laboratory photograph and function, March 2013icecube.wisc.edu
- IceCube — Week 5 at the Pole, February 2023icecube.wisc.edu
