Our work day began early with a Twin Otter plane buzzing our tents at 8:15 in the morning - this was before we expected it to arrive. We hustled out to meet it and went to work unloading its cargo. We are getting good with this....
2014 / 2015 Field Season
We sent this blog two days ago from the field, but it doesn't appear that the technology worked, so here is a recap. Woo-hoo! The planets aligned and we finally got our C130 flights out to the CTAM transition area. The scenery going across Antarctica was...
greetings from Davis Ward! After all those logistic duties and waiting days in McMurdo, I am very proud to announce our first catch of meteorites (and yes, with "s"!!). Everything started early with a cheerful wake-up call from John at 6h40 just to be sure we would be...
Our work day began early with a Twin Otter plane buzzing our tents at 8:15 in the morning - this was before we expected it to arrive. We hustled out to meet it and went to work unloading its cargo. We are getting good with this....
We sent this blog two days ago from the field, but it doesn't appear that the technology worked, so here is a recap. Woo-hoo! The planets aligned and we finally got our C130 flights out to the CTAM transition area. The scenery going across Antarctica was...
Today half of us got out to our field site - the Davis-Ward Nunataks. The transport was a terrific show of bush piloting and teamwork. We had two Twin Otter airplanes helping us move. Being smaller planes (two props instead of four), they carried a lot...
Today half of us got out to our field site - the Davis-Ward Nunataks. The transport was a terrific show of bush piloting and teamwork. We had two Twin Otter airplanes helping us move. Being smaller planes (two props instead of four), they carried a lot...
Four of us took the opportunity this evening (Wed Dec 17) to go on a tour of the pressure ridges near Scott Base, the Kiwi base located just a couple of miles down the road from McMurdo Station. It was a bit snowy out so visibility wasn’t great, but...
Quick update from the exciting hub of McMurdo. The Congressional Delegation (known as "Code L" around here, a very mission-ey sounding term) arrived last night, as did Jim Karner. We were not on the schedule to fly at bed-time last night, but by morning we were, with our first...
As our days here at McMurdo drag on waiting to head out into the field, we find ourselves searching more and more for entertainment to pass the time. Luckily there is no shortage of pastimes provided by the good people of McMurdo. One of the more obscure and random...