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Date
Resource Type
Article
Region
Antarctic
Grade
All Aged
Permission
n/a
Organization or Publication
San Mateo County Times, Contra Costa Times
Expeditions
IceCube In-Ice Antarctic Telescope
Author(s)
Neil Gonzales
Topic
Fundamental Theory
Matter

About this time next year, Casey O'Hara, Carlmont High School physics teacher, will experience extreme subzero temperatures, 24 hours of intense sunlight and 10,000 feet of elevation. He'll travel to desolate Antarctica as a member of the largest research project of its kind - the construction of IceCube, the world's biggest telescope for detecting subatomic particles.

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