Systematic Team, Larkman Icefield, Antarctica
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2012 / 2013 Field Season
Tomoko Arai, Recon team, 26th December 2012, South Graves icefield
Again, today the recon team were tent-bound, lying in our sleeping bags all day due to the strong katabatic wind storm that picked up in the night. It has been blowing whole day with winds from the south driving small...
Systematic Team, Larkman Icefield, Antarctica
Thanks to all those following our activities here in Antarctica - by popular demand we're going to do a question and answer session on Reddit. Tune in to the "Ask Me Anything" session from 7- 8 pm (Eastern Standard Time) on Boxing Day (Dec. 26)!
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Stan Love Larkman Nunatak camp 2012 December 26
On the International Space Station, the arrival of any visiting vehicle is a big event. The same is true in a field camp in Antarctica.
Today a ski-equipped Twin Otter airplane delivered the remainder of our fuel and supplies that the LC-130 Hercules...
Recon team, 25th December, 2012, South Graves Glacier
Happy Christmas! The wind and snow blowing dropped a little today allowing the recon team to get out for a few hours this Christmas afternoon at South Graves Icefield. We collected the two meteorites that we had found a few days back,...
Mini Wadhwa (ANSMET Systematic Search Team), December 24, 2012, Larkman Nunatak
…and all through the Scott tent, not a creature was stirring, not even the katabatic wind’s lament!
Actually, there has been quite a lot of stirring on this Christmas Eve here in camp. In fact, it was a regular workday...
Tomoko Arai, Recon team, 24th December, 2012, South Graves Glacier
Today the sky was clear and it was warm (-16 degC), but still very windy. We could not get out to search for meteorites and stayed in the tent most of the day. In the afternoon, we just dug out...
Marianne Mader, Systematic Team, Dec 23, 2012 Larkman Icefield Camp, Beardmore Region, Antarctica
Happy Holidays to all those at home! We found some early presents today out on the ice – 9 meteorites! This was welcomed considering we weren't sure if yesterday's blizzard was on its way out when we...
Tomoko Arai, Recon team, 23th December, 2012, South Graves Glacier
We are still in stuck in the storm. Yesterday Katie described about the importance of lunar meteorites, which are one of my main research interest as well. I would like to continue to talk about lunar meteorites a bit more....
Jim Karner, December 22, 2012 Larkman Nunatak
Well it’s a tent day, all day, here at Larkman. A tent day is one where the team is confined to camp, we can’t go out and hunt meteorites. Tent days are caused by a few different things, like it is too windy...