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Article: Operation Deep Freeze: airmen aid research in thawing secrets of the universe.(IceCube Neutrino Detector)(Operation Deep Freeze)(Cover Story)
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- April 1, 2005
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When the IceCube Neutrino Detector one day tracks down me origin of the universe, Maj. Kurt Bedore won't be mentioned among the discoverer's of one of the longest-standing quests in modern astrophysics. But the Air Force navigator could honestly claim researchers wouldn't have gotten there without him--literally and figuratively.
IceCube is an underground observatory being constructed at the South Pole. When completed, it will measure and chart the path of neutrinos, the smallest particles of matter, as they travel from space through Earth.
The $272 million project will take about six years to bury more than 4,800 sensors in 80 holes more than a mile ...