2018 – Page 8 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

Resupply mission

January 2, 2018

We woke up to howling 20knot winds and swirling snow. Argh... our resupply mission got delayed from 8:30am to 2:30pm. At 2pm the wind had increased to 25 knots and the windchill was at -45F. The snow was drifting like crazy and we lost some of the horizon. We...

Tent Day Streak Continues + Jumble Puzzle Solutions

January 2, 2018

Another tent day today making it four straight. Cloud cover and the potential for hazardous weather were not the culprit this time, rather the wind and blowing snow. John came by at his usual 07:00 John Time (06:45 local Earth Time) to let us know we'd be aiming for...

Tent day afternoon/evening

January 1, 2018

Three tent days in a row. New Year's Day spent in a tent is perhaps not the best way to start a year. We'd all have preferred being out hunting for space travelers, but safety comes first. Always. On the other hand, we are in Antarctica; that's pretty special! While...

Happy 1st day in 2018!

January 1, 2018

We were greeted on this first day of 2018 with sunshine and low winds. Perfect! But with a big temperature drop. It was cold today. Despite all our layers. Since today is a holiday we started work at 10am instead of 9am. Yay! Of course we had to dig...

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