When we listened to our environmental briefing last week, one of the things he said was that here at McMurdo, we're very disconnected from both our supply line and our waste disposal. We get amazing food from the galley, but we don't grow it here. We sort our trash,...
2013/ 2014 Field Season
We woke up so excited this morning to a beautiful McMurdo day. Skies were warm and clear. Johnny, Steve, Barbara and I got all of our things together, put our ECW gear on, and marched up the hill to catch our shuttle to the runway. We knew we were...
Dear ANSMET-ophiles,
It is Tuesday (Monday in the US, the day the Bears will lose to Dallas) in McMurdo Station and according to our schedule that means that ANSMET team G-058 is deployment ready and will to start the sequence this evening. We completed the planned frozen food "pull" yesterday, loaded 6 tri-walls (triple layered cardboard container on a pallet) with...
Today we put together everything we need to be comfortable and safe in the field, from tents to sleeping bags to kitchen sets. There is an amazing amount of getting things out, moving them over here, trying them to see if they work, putting them back in their bags...
...this one from Alex with no comment from him. What you are witnessing the annual Blessing of the Skandics, by our Pontiff, Johnny "Alpine" Schutt, D.Sc. (at left). Meanwhile Steve and Jani are trying to impress someone by taking notes.
-posted by rph from Cleveland.
The third time did turn out to be a charm - we are all finally in McMurdo!! Our flight down yesterday (December 5) went without a hitch. We refueled at Invercargill and landed on Pegasus airfield by 6:30pm. "Ivan" the Terra Bus took us down to McMurdo where Jim and...
Today got us excited to go to McMurdo, because we got to put on all of our cold weather gear at the CDC (Clothing Distribution Center) in Christchurch. As you can see, the four of us women were very cozy in our big reds. Sadly, since the boys weren't...
This Friday the remainder of the 2013-2014 ANSMET field team begins their journey southward to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. John and Jim are already underway, while the rest, a combination of seasoned veterans and newbies, are getting ready to travel.
ANSMET field teams are made up of a mix of leadership...
As I write this, John and Jim should be waking up on their first day in McMurdo, Antarctica. The rest of the team is gearing up for the same trip themselves, with most people leaving the US the day after Thanksgiving.
In early October we published a preview of...