2017 / 2018 Field Season – Page 3 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

Pull-out or not to Pull-out

January 13, 2018

Friday we woke up to howling 25 knots winds and -5F (-20C) with a windchill of -40F, so a normal day here in the field. We have finished searching our beloved moraine and besides pulling flags we are pretty much done with our work here. We have recovered all...

All ready to go, but no ride

January 12, 2018

In an ideal world, today John would have gotten some gear put in for next year and we'd be GO for a flight back to McMurdo tomorrow. However, delays are inevitable, and when it comes to aircraft repairs, that can mean lengthy delays when you're so removed from facilities...

Science Friday Fun

January 12, 2018

Our main objective being here in the deep field is to search and recover ALL...THE...METEORITES. And it is the best thing ever!! However, sometimes we also find a few minutes to do fun little experiments. There are 3 science experiments in particular that I want to tell you about....

Food review in the field

January 11, 2018

Being in Antarctica with no smells around you what so ever does funny things to your tastebuds. Or maybe it is the cold and your body simply needs different nutritions. Or it is a combination of both or neither. But in any case, things that seemed utterly disgusting at...

Shackleton Camp: The Return

January 11, 2018

It seems like only yesterday we were here at Shackleton Glacier Camp (SHG) waiting to be put in to our Mt. Wisting field site. Four weeks later the same calm wind, strong sun, and friendly faces greeted us on our return. One again it took us four Twin Otter flights...

Cooking (Breakfast) with Scott

January 11, 2018

Today is move day, back to Shackleton Glacier Camp. It's been a relatively protracted field season for Team B, but it's been fun. We now have the long return to civilization. In the meantime, I wanted to share some news about our breakfast habits for the last few days. Up...

199 and counting…

January 10, 2018

Today and yesterday we put in some very long hours (10 hours yesterday, 9 hours today) to finish up most of the ice fields. Yesterday we were treated to almost no winds, we only had 2 knots. It was eerily quiet. In addition, we also had a heat wave...

Final Field Day + Cooking with James: Episode 3 (Lonely Ridge Surf ‘n Turf feat. John Schutt)

January 10, 2018

Today was a strange day. Nothing bizarre or anything, just a strange feeling. With all the field work done, and a pull out scheduled for tomorrow, there wasn't much to do but wait. It is amazing how fast the season went by, time flies when you're having fu.... working...

Helicopter day at Amundsen

January 9, 2018

We covered a lot of ground on foot today. Two whirly birds (helicopters) landed at our doorstep around 11:15 this morning. Shortly thereafter off we went. Looking out the window as the aircraft lifted off, there's a feeling of defying gravity as you slowly rise above the ground and...

Chondrites vs. Achondrites

January 8, 2018

Today we finished systematically searching our beloved "Achrondrite Orchard" ice field. All meteorites possible were harvested and recovered. Our count is now up to 172 meteorites of which 11 are achondrites and 2 are iron meteorites. So awesome!!! For some of you the difference between chondrites and achondrites might...

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