... In fact, several holes have been melted near the South Pole , and they are now being used as astronomical observatories. Astronomers with the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) lower into each vertical lake a string knotted with basketball-sized light detectors. ... Such light is expected from ice collisions with high-energy neutrinos emitted by objects or explosions out in the universe. ... Publications with keywords: south pole - neutrino . ... South Pole Lunar Eclipse . ...