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Polar Neutrino Observatory Takes a Big Step Forward
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![Robert Paulos holds one of the optical sensing modules.](/news/mmg/media/images/neutrino1_f.jpg)
Robert Paulos, Associate Director for Engineering and Project
Support, holds one of the optical sensing modules that comprise the detector.
Credit: Peter West, National Science Foundation
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![A firn drill is used to melt snow at the surface](/news/mmg/media/images/neutrino2_f.jpg)
A firn drill is used to melt snow at the surface in preparation for a novel hot-water drill that is used to make the deep holes for strings of light sensors.
Credit: Peter West, National Science Foundation
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![A worker takes a sensor from the shelves at the South Pole drilling site.](/news/mmg/media/images/neutrino3_f.jpg)
A worker takes a sensor from the shelves at the South Pole drilling site.
Credit: Peter West, National Science Foundation
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![Terry Bensen watches the drilling equipment come up from the hole.](/news/mmg/media/images/neutrino4_f.jpg)
Terry Bensen, with the IceCube project, watches the drilling equipment come up from the hole.
Credit: Peter West, National Science Foundnation
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![Detectors are frozen in place nearly 1.5 miles deep in the ice.](/news/mmg/media/images/neutrino5_f.jpg)
Detectors are frozen in place nearly 1.5 miles deep in the ice.
Credit: Peter West, National Science Foundation
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