Another outstanding video. Wish me luck, I just submitted my application for a Winterover Experiment Operator position at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
@@skibjav3060 wrong and wrong. It's not nuclear powered, and nuclear power isn't outlawed in Antarctica (it's just very difficult). Weapons testing is banned, however, which I think is where the confusion comes from.
@@JoeSpinstheGlobe What about this guy, do you know him and his video : Eric Hecker - Antarctica Firefighter for Raytheon Exposes Scary Earthquake Weapon IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Two things that have been a lifelong dream of mine were to go into space and to visit Antarctica. I'm in my sixties now. Probably never get to do either, so, I say this to let you know how much I appreciate these videos. Please keep making them as they are as close to fulfilling that dream as I am likely to get. What a pleasure to view them.
Doesn't plate tectonics and/or movement of the Antarctic ice sheet mess up the alignment of the neutrino sensors? Do the computers have to constantly account for these positional shifts of the sensors? Even if a sensor moves a few microns from its known position relative to other sensors, that can introduce major errors in calculating a cosmological origin vector.
I know the ice sheet moves in one direction in bulk, but the calibration lights & sensors on each of the DOMs would be able to measure and account for any relative shift
@@FrozenHaxorthere’s no water flowing except possibly where the ice sits on the bedrock. Remember it’s not like the nth pole where the ice sits on the ocean. Antarctica is continent of rock and was once inhabited by dinosaurs etc.
I wonder if the ice sits as a solid on the bedrock, I’m sure I’ve read that there is a layer of water between the ice and the bedrock. So there might be earth tremors/quakes etc but I haven’t heard of them recording this with seismometers. I must google that….
I’ve binged through this series of videos, I really appreciate how in depth of a tour you gave to all these buildings! I totally understand why you had to film these in the middle of the night, but man there’s just an eeriness added by the lack of people. I get “The shining” vibes from it all, it’s this grand research station that feels so incredibly alone. I’d love to see more glimpses of what it’s like when alive and moving, the facility is magnificent
Yoooo, it's actually a crime that your channel hasn't blown up yet! Absolutely love your videos. I learn so much about stuff I didn't even know I was interested in, it's actually so cool. Thank you for making these!
Your voice and narration is a perfect fit for your videos and subject! Your graphics are so informative and easy on the eyes without getting too bogged down. Thanks!
It sure looks like the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has the most computer equipment of all the facilities at the South Pole. Also that much computer equipment generates a lot of waste heat. It is amazing that the server room of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory needs to be actively cooled in such a cold environment.
You present this stuff really well. I aspire to go there some day, and I'm learning a lot from your videos. Also, you do all the graphics in Blender? Really well done. I'd love to see your workflow in a future video
Thanks! Yep everything in blender, still learning it every day. Fun thing about science animations is they're all different. Might do a workflow video one day. Spoiler alert It's not very streamlined
The best introduction to IceCube that I have seen so far! I did wonder how the project synchronises all of these sensors, and how did the project synchronise all of those real time clocks in the sensors initially.
Awesome video, the intro was absolutely stunning. We've talked about this experiment in my particle physics lecture but I've never actually looked it up what it looks like, until I stumbled across this video. Subscribed!
Can]t believe it doen]t have more views. This video goes well with the rest of the Antarctica series. Absolutely LOVED the 2 part walk-through at the South Pole station. You guys literally have everything a human being needs to not just survive but to thrive in such a harsh environment.
Man, RU-vid has been recommending your videos lately, and they're super cool. It's a shame you haven't uploaded recently, I hope it's for good reasons and not bad reasons. I assume you have finished your position at the south pole and are on to better things.
That’s a great video Joe, thank you for making it. Just wished the video was longer. It’s really neat to see how scientists live and work in such a remote area of the world. It interesting to see all the time, money and effort that went into the construction of that place. Wow. Great video. I’m definitely subscribing and giving this video a big thumbs up. 👍
Reminds me of an experiment performed in the salt mine in Hutchinson Ks where they were looking for lightning 650 feet underground. Very good explanation.
(6:06) I can't quite make out what is written in black marker above the word "igloo" on the yellow cooler. I am fascinated by little details like that. I remember watching another video about an Antarctic research station and someone had written "Do NOT eat!" on a container of strawberry ice-cream. I just love little human touches. 😉
Wow I didn't realize how big it really was. I applied to work on this as a student but didn't get the position. I would've been working from Canada though, not onsite at the detector.
I heard some rumors that this facility has been used to monitor some UAP and UFO activity, and it got me down a weird rabbit hole of researching weird advanced tech, I'm currently doing a research on Neutreno light array systems, your videos are really well done, seems like an interesting facility for sure
Thanks for sharing the video. Ive always loved science and really enjoyed it. I knew I wasn't the only one who was here bc of UFO news. So, this thing can create an Earthquake and shoot down UFOs as well as doing its advertised function. I want one. 😆
Just amazing! Also sad, i saw that Young Sheldon kid and his grandmother build one in a black plywood box one evening on television while i was eating my bag of chips! I believe the grandmother even recived the MeMa of Science Award. Do they offer those down there? Must have been an life changing experience to be at the pole.
It's tragic that this video only has 20k views when you clearly put so much passion and effort into it! I properly got chills (ironically) with that intro graphic of the experiment's full scope. Amazing work!
It's a strange and happy accident that the frequency of the third overtone of the hydroxyl group stretching mode of water lies in the near infrared, with a tiny part of its tail just spilling over into the red end of the visible spectrum and thus causing the strong absorption of red, orange and yellow light through any appreciable depth of water, while allowing blue and near ultraviolet to sail unimpeded through far greater lengths. And at the same time, the spectral peak of Cherenkov light lies at around 350-400nm, almost precisely in the same region at which water is most clear. If either thing weren't the case then a device like Icecube couldn't exist - it wouldn't work. Sometimes, it seems anyway, nature is throwing us a bone.
I want to say I 1st heard of Neutrino detection on Cosmos 3 w/ Neil Degrase Tyson. Wasnt there a detection center in China somewhere? It had this huge water pool with special lights all around it. Looked very high tech. Hope i'm right about where I saw it. But check out the 3rd season of Cosmos if you get a chance.
