2017 / 2018 Field Season – Page 5 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

Resupply mission

January 2, 2018

We woke up to howling 20knot winds and swirling snow. Argh... our resupply mission got delayed from 8:30am to 2:30pm. At 2pm the wind had increased to 25 knots and the windchill was at -45F. The snow was drifting like crazy and we lost some of the horizon. We...

Tent Day Streak Continues + Jumble Puzzle Solutions

January 2, 2018

Another tent day today making it four straight. Cloud cover and the potential for hazardous weather were not the culprit this time, rather the wind and blowing snow. John came by at his usual 07:00 John Time (06:45 local Earth Time) to let us know we'd be aiming for...

Tent day afternoon/evening

January 1, 2018

Three tent days in a row. New Year's Day spent in a tent is perhaps not the best way to start a year. We'd all have preferred being out hunting for space travelers, but safety comes first. Always. On the other hand, we are in Antarctica; that's pretty special! While...

Happy 1st day in 2018!

January 1, 2018

We were greeted on this first day of 2018 with sunshine and low winds. Perfect! But with a big temperature drop. It was cold today. Despite all our layers. Since today is a holiday we started work at 10am instead of 9am. Yay! Of course we had to dig...

The Searchers

December 31, 2017

Happy New Year one and all, from this warm and hospitable tent in the wilds of Nodtvedt Nunataks! Yes, we have rime and ice build up on our tent, but it's still our home for the season. We all hope you have a wonderful start to 2018, and that...

Happy New Year!!!

December 31, 2017

Happy New Year to you all!! We hope you had a great celebration with friends and loved ones. We certainly did! Antarctica decided that we needed to take this last day of the year off and blew extra hard winds with lots of snow around. Our tent had another...

New Year’s Eve + Jumble Puzzle

December 31, 2017

Happy New Year's Eve everyone, Today was another tent day due to hazardous weather looming. To ring in the new year, we did a short hike up to the summit of the neighbouring nunatak. The winds were so strong we were leaning 30-45 degrees into the wind at the...

Day 15 adventure.

December 30, 2017

Day 15 in the deep field! And today was our most adventurous day yet. Today was also the day at which base-layer clothes were changed (in my case). 3 fresh new base-layers!!! So good! I can't even begin to describe how nice new clothes feel on my skin. Our...

Cooking with James: Episode 2 (Nunatak Pie)

December 30, 2017

Looking like a tent day today due mostly to poor lighting. So today, we bring you another "Cooking with James" episode base on last night's meal. Fetch ice from the ice mine 200m away. Chase ice bucket in the wind as it is carried away from you paying careful...

More achondrites. And winds!

December 29, 2017

Today we woke up to blue blue skies and to 20+ knots howling winds. Again. Yesterday we took a few hours in the howling wind to prepare camp for our resupply mission that was scheduled for today. We are running very low on skidoo fuel and on propane gas...

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