2016 – Page 4 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

Whole lotta shakedown going on

December 15, 2016

Hi all, a short post to let you know we've returned to McMurdo after our shakedown trip. The baseline purpose of this trip is to try out the essential camping gear the ANSMET team needs; the actual, individual tents, sleeping bags, snowmobiles, stoves, propane lines, booties..... all of it....

Training day

December 2, 2016

Our schedule for today is quite full; we're trying to take care of tasks more suitable for two days than one. The day began as it almost always does for ANSMET in McMurdo, with the group gathering for breakfast about 7:15 to confirm the day's plans. Here's how...

The Gang’s all here!

December 1, 2016

It's abour 9 pm local time, and the big news is that Jim, Minako, Alex and Jani are all in town. They actually arrived about 7 pm, but had to go through briefings and find their rooms and all that before settling down. Brian and I greeted them as...

Evening update, Wednesday 30 November

December 15, 2016

This morning I reported that the weather in McMurdo was blustery, and it continued that way through the day. It was so windy that when I took a 200m walk from the Crary lab to the Berg Field Center carrying a big sleepkit bag, my enlarged cross section meant...

Your Morning Show, Wednesday, 30 November

November 29, 2016

A few quick headlines for your morning. In the news: -Jim Karner, Minako Righter, Jani Radebaugh and Alex Mishik are in Christchurch, and are due to fly south to McMurdo later today. They are currently on a 3-hour delay, which means if they stay on schedule they would arrive in...

23 hours

November 29, 2016

We had a fantastic, successful and very long day yesterday, and since I saw it coming I decided to keep a timeline of events. Monday (28 Nov), 5:45 AM Woke up and after getting dressed, a visit to the bathroom and some final last-minute packing, went off to the cafeteria...

Sunday night news- everyone flying tomorrow?

November 27, 2016

Hi all, it's Sunday night about 7:30 pm for us here in McMurdo, and there's a little bit of news. John and Duck are on the schedule to fly to Elephant Moraine tomorrow morning, and Brian and I are on the schedule to fly to Shackleton Camp...

Updates from McMurdo

November 25, 2016

It's one of the three quietest saturdays in the McMurdo summer season; the community normally works six days a week (with Sunday off) but this week for the Thanksgiving holiday, Saturday is a rest day. Breakfast is simple fare, and the big meal gets offered in four sessions; 3...

No goats in McMurdo, and other tails

December 15, 2016

The Antarctic weather gods continue to be annoyed with me, perhaps because I was unable to find a goat to sacrifice to appease them. We woke up this morning to dense fog, so dense that Ob Hill was not visible from downtown McMurdo. Normally, Ob Hill...

The weather gods were angry

November 24, 2016

Greetings faithful blog readers, greetings from McMurdo Station … still. I must have been deemed unworthy to fly by the Antarctic weather gods, because when we called into fixed-wing operations to get word on our flight, the word was “cancelled!” The weather looking south in the general direction of...

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