2014 / 2015 Field Season – Page 7 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

Hut Point Ridge

December 11, 2014

One of the key historical sites in Antarctica is Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Hut, located by McMurdo Sound at Hut Point, which was built by Scott’s Discovery 1903-1907 Discovery Expedition. The hut is just a short walk away from McMurdo, along one of the roads leading out of...

Hi Scout!

December 10, 2014

This is a big hello for my daughter Scout in Mrs. Trovato's 1st grade class and all the kids attending Westwood Elementary in Russell, Ohio, where my sons Tucker and Eli also went to school. We're very busy getting ready to hunt for meteorites here in Antarctica, but that also means...

Waiting for a plane (or two or three) (UPDATED)

December 10, 2014

We've all experienced the "hurry up and wait" mode of travel, and that's an apt description for where ANSMET stands right now. All of our cargo is properly labelled and listed and ready to go on airplanes, so now we wait for our turn to fly. Scheduling aircraft...

A Day Off

December 10, 2014

The team had a day off today. If all had gone according to the best case schedule, we would have had our first group deploy to the transition area tomorrow. But, as it often happens here, we have been caught by weather delays. A runway grooming team was supposed...

ANSMET and McMurdo Potpourri

December 9, 2014

Greetings from south of you! I can say with almost absolute certainty that this statement is true for approximately 0.000014286% of the people on Earth…and most of those folks don’t have internet, and therefore don’t really exist in this day and age. For those of you wondering, yes, I...

A hike up Ob Hill

December 10, 2014

The first of our team is due to deploy on Friday to CTAM (Central Trans-Antarctic Mountains), and we’re excited to get out there! Friday is actually one day later than originally scheduled, due to delays in getting the groomers out to CTAM to prepare ...

Another packed day: the food pull

December 8, 2014

It was – literally – another packed day. We spent the day ‘pulling’ and packing up our food for the next 6 weeks. Fortunately, we each had two key aids in this daunting task: a comprehensive food list of the available items we could choose from, and...

Another Shakedown Photo

December 7, 2014

View of Mount Erebus from Castle Rock. -posted by Shannon, Devon, Ryan and Ralph

Most of the group during our shakerdown

December 8, 2014

A short post, we're testing our Iridium blog posting system. Here are most of our scientists enjoying the views, during a break in skidoo driving training. From left to right: Ryan Zeigler, Devon Burr, Christine Floss, Vinciane DeBaille, and Shannon Walker

Shakedown Trip

December 10, 2014

Today we got to got out into the field locally and try out our gear. We also got to put into practice our brand new snowmobiling skills that we learned yesterday. We started the day by taking all of our gear to the transits zone and loading it onto...

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