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With yet another tent day keeping us captive, I was able to corner a very reluctant Jim to get the scoop on our field science lead and ANSMET co-PI. Jim clearly doesn't like being the center of attention but too bad because today is his day in the spotlight!...

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Third tent day in a row for ANSMET! The wind sounded better than yesterday for a while there, but I just went out to take some measurements and it's not looking great: 30 mph at -4 degrees F. I had a sad start to my morning: The propane tank...

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Since we had a tent day today, I was able to corner ANSMET team member Cindy in her cozy tent and get the scoop on her fascinating career trajectory and her choice of underwear. Name: Cindy Evans Hometown: Hamburg, NY Current town: Houston, TX Background: I did my undergrad at the University of...

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Today we awoke to strong winds once again, as well as quite a bit of snow drift. Here in Antarctica there's lots of ice and snow but very little moisture, so the snow behaves less like the sticky white stuff that we're used to in North America and more...

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This morning we awoke to winds ~25 mph shaking our tent walls and temperatures around -1 degree F. These are pretty marginal conditions in which to search for meteorites, and we had a morning flight scheduled to deliver our runway groomer anyway, so we put our work day on...

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With a lure of curry, we were able to entice our teammate Con to our tent for a hard-hitting interview in which we learned his deepest, darkest secrets. Read on to learn more about Con's convoluted journey to the U.S. and of his love of meat and flying. Name: "King...

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We started the day off by finding a couple of meteorites in a moraine north of camp, but, alas, our searching was cut short by some large clouds that make it difficult to see the ice surface (critical, depending on who you talk to, for seeing sastrugi and avoiding...

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Why do we collect and study meteorites? Well, have you ever wondered how old our solar system is? Or, what it was like in the solar system just after star formation but before planets got big? How about, how similar is our solar system to others regarding the formation...

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ANSMET has been collecting meteorites from the Antarctic blue ice fields for nearly 40 years, and this year's team is really excited to contribute to ANSMET's long and successful record with both lots of meteorites and a wide variety of meteorite types. Over the years, more than 20,000 meteorites...

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Dear readers, you're in for a treat, because I managed to corner our own senior mountaineer Johnny Schutt for an interview. Over tea and freshly baked cheddar garlic biscuits, we got the scoop on the most legendary and mysterious member of our party. Name: John "Johnny Alpine" Schutt,  Doctor of...

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