2023-2024 Season Preview- The Return to Davis-Ward
It's been a while, folks. We missed you SO MUCH!!!! After three seasons cancelled due to pandemics and related logistical shortfalls, ANSMET stands poised to return to the field this December. We've been shy about sharing the details so far, and we apologize for that. But it's simply because...
James
Sadly, it's time for another memorial post- this one long overdue. About a year ago we lost one of the all-time most-valuable members of ANSMET's support team in McMurdo, James Meinert (aka "Butch", "Speckled Trout" or "Black Bart" back home in Wisconsin). Veterans of our project know a couple...
An ANSMET (and ANSMET-adjacent) podcast series
Earlier this year a few ANSMET vets (myself, Linda Welzenbach Fries, and Cari Corrigan) were interviewed for a four-part series of episodes of the Longitude podcast. The interviews were fun! And not only does the series provide several independent views of Antarctic meteorite research, it also has a very...
You’re cordially invited to ANOTHER talk….. this one on Zoom.
Need a little kick-start to get your week rolling? On Monday (6 March) I'll be giving a talk to Oregon State's COLDEX (Center for Oldest Ice Exploration). They just finished their first season at Allan Hills icefield, where they found a couple of meteorites for us! The presentation will be...
Bija
Earlier today we were informed of the loss of one of our greatest friends from the McMurdo community, Bija Sass. In her honor I'm reposting a blog from February of 2018. As Juliane Gross describes below, Bija is a Badass, a warrior woman with a heart of gold...
You’re cordially invited to a talk!
Just in case you're fortunate enough to be in northeast Ohio next weekend, I'd like to cordially invite you to join me as I make a presentation about NASA's Planetary Defense Initiative (ANSMET's supporting organization). The event takes place next Friday (20 January 2023) at 7:30 pm, when I'll...
The Secret History of ANSMET, part 1: money
Subtitle: Where there's some "fun" in "funding"...... Me, dreaming of meteorite riches next to a rock dune at Mt. Buckley. (from 2010, taken by Karen Hilton). With no fieldwork taking place this season, it seems like a good time for some posts that answer questions that many (but not all...
Season’s Greetings (2022) from ANSMET!
Hi Everyone! I'm posting today to wish everyone all the love and joy the season can bring on the occasion of Christmas-Eve. I'm sure this post is a surprise for you in any case- what kind of awe-inspiring event must have happened to get Ralph blogging again? There have been a...
Ummm…… Sorry we haven’t posted in a while… But we’re back!?!
Hi everyone! By my reckoning, it has been almost 18 months since the last post to the ANSMET blog; and if you aren't aware how "different" the last 18 months have been, and why, you're to be congratulated for your awesome hide-and-seek skills. Let me start with...
Thank You and Goodbye from the ANSMET 2019-2020 Team
A big thank you goes out to all the families of the ANSMET members - we are extremely grateful that you supported us in participating in this crazy amazing expedition. Next, this journey would not be possible and safe without the help from many people on and off the...