Talk about poorly kept promises! The 2012-2013 field season has been over for more than 6 months and today, Long ago I said I'd post a summary of the results from that season, and finally, here it is.
We definitely had a successful season, but not quite what the...
2012 / 2013 Field Season
Katie Joy, McMurdo Station, 26th January 2013
In the last few days the ANSMET systematic team’s cargo was returned from Ottway Massif. The team have been cleaning up and inventorying gear, and packing up equipment in preparation for the next field season. Five members – Tomoko, Joe, Marianne, Rob and Andrew...
Katie Joy, Recon team, 23rd January 2013
The ANSMETrecon team left South Pole on the 21st Jan (see photo of the LC-130 plane that transported us), are now back in McMurdo. We are currently waiting for our cargo to be delivered from the South Pole and from the field site at the...
Tomoko Arai, Recon Team, 20th January, 2013, the South Pole Station
Last night we enjoyed sleeping in an actual bed, not in a sleeping bag, in the air-conditioned room. After having Sunday brunch, we packed cargo outside the building of the South Pole station to prepare for the planned move...
Andrew Beck, G-058, Sunday January 21st, Otway Massif, Antarctica
Four of the G-058 team members were picked up by LC-130 last Friday and are currently in McMurdo Station. The LC-130's are big, but they aren’t big enough to get the whole team and our cargo out of the field in...
Tomoko Arai, Recon Team, 18th January, 2013, Szabo Bluff
The end of the Antarctic summer season is approaching, but the weather today was still not unfortunately good enough for us to get back to the McMurdo. We need to fly from here to the Klein glacier by the Twin Otter...
Katie Joy, Recon Team, 17th January 2013, Szabo Bluff
‘Tent day 11, in the Big-ANSMET house…’. If someone could please vote us out of the field that would be great – just dial 'SEND-LC130' and press 1 for Joe, 2 for John, 3 for Tomoko, and 4 for Katie. Your...
Marianne Mader, Systematic Team, Jan. 16, 2012 Otway Camp, Beardmore Region, Antarctica
We’re now at the Otway campsite, our final Antarctic home in the field and location of the ‘landing strip’ (i.e., flat snow surface) for the C-130 Hercules plane. It took us three attempts, but we finally managed to...
Tomoko Arai, Recon Team, 16th January, 2013, Szabo Bluff
Hi! Ten days have passed since we were tent-bound on Jan 7th. The weather has never been good except afternoon in Jan 12th. Strong wind, low surface definition, and snow mounds around the tents, have made it hard for us to...
Katie Joy, Recon Team, 14th January 2013, Szabo Bluff
Guess what – we have moved and are currently enjoying a nice glass of red wine back in McMurdo. We are sitting in comfy chairs with cushions, and have had showers and washed our hair. No only kidding. We are still...