The weather was a bit crazy today. As for the past 2 days, we were back up to get a resupply flight, so I got to take and pass to McMurdo weather observations for the flight weather forecasters. I took one at 6am and at 7am -- and they...
2014 / 2015 Field Season
To clarify, we’re pretty much always awesome (especially me), but today we were particularly awesome. We collected 37 meteorites, and found (but didn’t collect) another 8 meteorites. Now, for the ANSMET vets, I know what you’re thinking…Meh. But there were several sets of extenuating circumstances that makes 37 quite...
So this was going to be my epic-rant-about-my-annoying-snowmobile blog. I took notes, I made an outline, I had big plans, and then I got lazy. To be fair, this isn’t just your garden variety lazy, this was epic-food-coma lazy (and yes, this will be the excessively-hyphenated blog). I challenge...
Since the two-day storm earlier this week, we've been fortunate with the weather and been able to get in multiple full days of searching. Yesterday and today, we continued searching the blue ice and (at the end of each sweep) the moraine at the edge of the ice. ...
The last two days have been very much the same - fairly good weather (which means not too much wind), systematic searches and snowmobile issues. On the weather front, having little to no wind has been very welcome. It is much more pleasant to look for...
In our New Year's Eve post, we included a photo and posed the question, "Can you find the meteorite?"
Well, this image -- with the circle around the meteorite -- shows the answer! In this image, the meteorite is the one with the very dark outer layer, a 'fusion crust,'...
After the last two tent days, due to cloudy skies, blowing snow, and sometimes white-out conditions, this morning's weather was bright and sunny with just a slight breeze. We had to do a bit of shoveling or clearing away of the snow that had piled up around camp over...
Image Caption 1: Breakfast on a Tent Day…blueberry pancakes with maple syrup!
I feel like Bill Murray. Well, not exactly Bill Murray, since not even my considerable hubris lets me think I am that funny, but I do feel a little like Phil Connors at least. I’ll wait a minute...
Here’s a hypothetical question for people: “Who wants to spend 35 days living in a 9 foot by 9 foot area with (in many cases) a complete stranger?” Remember, by living, I mean sleeping, eating, cooking, recreating, and not showering or bathing in this area. You would be spending ...
Happy New Year to everyone back home!! We celebrated the start of the year in fine style. We had the morning off to catch up on sleep after seeing the new year in last night. For many of us, the first day of 2015 meant a change of clothes...