2017 / 2018 Field Season – Page 9 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

First Day at Shackleton

December 13, 2017

Greetings from Shackleton! A joint blog post today from both Juliane and Scott, perhaps the final joint post before Team A gets deployed to their field site tomorrow (hopefully). To update last night's brief post, we left Williams Field at McMurdo and were wheels/skis up on our third take-off attempt -...

Shackleton Arrival!

December 12, 2017

We touched down at Shackleton Glacier Camp at 21:30 local. All 8 of us have retired to our tents in Tent City for the night and eagerly await tomorrow's morning briefing. More to come tomorrow, night all! Posted by Scott from Tent City on 2017-12-12 at 23:15.

Volunteer-Day and maybe Fly-Day!

December 12, 2017

Today was another of these waiting-game days just like yesterday. 5:00am wake up time, flight delayed for 3 hours, so we all went back to sleep till 8am. Then our flight was switched over to a back-up flight, like yesterday, so hopes were low to get out today. If...

‘Twas(n’t) the night before Shackleton…

December 10, 2017

'Twas the night before Shackleton, when all thro' McMurdo, Not a creature was stirring, even with the Building 155 ANSMET dorm nightly concerto; The big reds were hung by the door with care, In hopes they'd soon experience even colder air; It was delayed at first then ultimately not meant to be, As the...

Sunday – Funday

December 10, 2017

Today was the coldest day we had so far with -10C and -18C wind chill. The snow-storm yesterday continued on during the night and into the later morning and we have a lot of new snow on the ground. So pretty. The waiting games continues but since we are...

Snow(y) Day in McMurdo

December 9, 2017

As you’ve read from Juliane and Barb’s breaking news early this morning, our flight to Shackleton Glacier Camp was cancelled. There was the extra bonus of a 09:00 fire alarm in our (James, Jim, Ioannis, myself) room, and nowhere else in the building. The good news is, with the...

Hiking, biking, history and recreation

December 8, 2017

From the outset I should say, yes, we have been busy preparing to hunt for meteorites. That doesn’t mean there hasn’t been some time for recreation. This might involve reading a book, watching a movie, or taking some time to reflect. It might also include a bit of vigorous...

Musings on the geology of the Hut Point Peninsula

December 8, 2017

One of the benefits of spending time in McMurdo is to make use of the Ross Island Trail System. A series of well-maintained paths allow access to areas around McMurdo station to take in some fresh air and get some exercise while enjoying spectacular scenery. These trails also allow access...

Once upon a time in Antarctica…

December 7, 2017

Today, is my turn to write down a few words about life here in the most cold, dry, and windiest places on Earth, A place, of spectacular beauty, a place where you hear the silence and that lets you keep calm from the alternate decibels of Jim, James and...

Cargo is Go!

December 6, 2017

Ahoy all, Another milestone achieved today: all cargo is in the system and in the process of heading to Shackleton Glacier Camp (SHG). Over the past few days we’ve prepped all food, gear, and equipment for systematic deployment to SHG – we have certainly become savvier with those often-finicky cargo...

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