Con in McMurdo reports that he, John and Brian will be on a 9:45 am shuttle Saturday NZ time (around 3:45 pm friday east coast US time). Probably looking at a 11 am takeoff so should be in ChC by 7:30pm NZ time (that's around 1:30 am Saturday east coast US time).
Meanwhile back home, our web Tsarina Nina...
2015 / 2016 Field Season
Just a quick note. The quiet from McMurdo was bothering me so I prompted Jim and John for updates. Jim is scheduled to fly north to Christchurch from McMurdo tomorrow (Thursday their time), John, Brian and Con are scheduled to follow on the 30th (Saturday their time).
We'll provide...
Well, that's it. Game over. Fin. Done. I thought I'd give some final thoughts, the last blog from me, and perhaps from the 2015-2016 team.
But first, some more details. As you read from Ralph's post, Nina, Morgan, Cindy and Ellen all left McMurdo on a shuttle bound for Willy...
Just as I was sitting down to compose a "what's up?" email to this year's field team, an email came in from John Schutt that filled in some details.
The good news? Morgan, Nina, Cindy and Ellen are due to head toward the airfield about 4 pm East coast...
I just got off the phone with John Schutt, and here's the latest news from McMurdo. John and Con's flight to Elephant Moraine is the priority for today, so as long as the weather holds (and it looks passable) they'll be flying out later today, maybe just a few...
Yesterday marked the beginning of the end of the ANSMET 2015-2016 season. As you know, 4 team members (Cindy, Ellen, Morgan, Nina) were pulled from the field in a double flight with tons of gear and precious cargo (the samples kept safe, inventoried, and frozen). After a brief shock...
Penguins have arrived at Hut Point, Ross Island Antarctica following the ice breaker's (the Polar Star) arrival at the ice dock.
-update from Ellen, McMurdo Station, 20 January 2016
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder was a Field Marshal and the Chief of Staff for the Prussian army in the mid-19th century. He once said something to the effect of (his original words has been paraphrased repeatedly since it's now standard military doctrine), "No battle plan ever survives contact...
Our Basler buddies are going to do a return shuttle for us--they just took off from Willie Field and are coming to pick us up right now! Thanks guys! That will leave Jim and Brian all by their lonesomes here at camp. They'll be staging some of our equipment...
We were on the schedule this morning as a backup to the primary scheduled mission, and we got word at 7 am that we had been activated. So we spent the morning in a flurry of activity getting ready for our first pull-out flight! We're departing two team members...