College of Arts and Sciences

Sadly, it's time for another memorial post-  this one long overdue.  About a year ago we lost one of the all-time most-valuable members of ANSMET's support team in McMurdo,  James Meinert (aka "Butch", "Speckled Trout" or "Black Bart" back home in Wisconsin).  Veterans of our project know a couple...

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Earlier this year a few ANSMET vets (myself, Linda Welzenbach Fries, and Cari Corrigan) were interviewed for a four-part series of episodes of the Longitude podcast.  The interviews were fun!  And not only does the series provide several independent views of Antarctic meteorite research,  it also has a very...

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Need a little kick-start to get your week rolling?  On Monday (6 March) I'll be giving a talk to Oregon State's COLDEX (Center for Oldest Ice Exploration).  They just finished their first season at Allan Hills icefield, where they found a couple of meteorites for us! The presentation will be...

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Earlier today we were informed of the loss of one of our greatest friends from the McMurdo community,  Bija Sass.   In her honor I'm reposting a blog from February of 2018.   As Juliane Gross describes below, Bija is a Badass, a warrior woman with a heart of gold...

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Just in case you're fortunate enough to be in northeast Ohio next weekend,   I'd like to cordially invite you to join me as I make a presentation about NASA's Planetary Defense Initiative (ANSMET's supporting organization). The event takes place next Friday  (20 January 2023) at 7:30 pm, when I'll...

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Subtitle:  Where there's some "fun" in "funding"...... Me, dreaming of meteorite riches next to a rock dune at Mt. Buckley. (from 2010, taken by Karen Hilton). With no fieldwork taking place this season,   it seems like a good time for some posts that answer questions that many (but not all...

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Hi Everyone! I'm posting today to wish everyone all the love and joy the season can bring on the occasion of Christmas-Eve.  I'm sure this post is a surprise for you in any case-  what kind of awe-inspiring event must have happened to get Ralph blogging again? There have been a...

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