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We are delighted to welcome Marc to McMurdo! He was not delayed at all in New Zealand (only 2 days there), arrived on the continent last night and immediately began training. Meanwhile, we have finished our training and final cargo preparations and are now waiting to deploy to the...

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Hi everyone.   I've got a little bit of information for you after some emails exchanged between Marc Caffee in Christchurch,  Jim Karner and John Schutt in McMurdo, and myself.  Marc should be flying down to McMurdo right now aboard a New Zealand C-130;  earlier this morning he was...

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This is my second trip to Antarctica with ANSMET. So while I’m really looking forward to joining my colleagues and experiencing “cold” and couldn’t keep myself from noticing what goes on behind the scenes. It started at O’Hare. On my flight we’re at least six folks going to Antarctica:...

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Today we are practicing all the skills we’ll need out in Davis-Ward! Yesterday we gathered most of our gear and drove it down to an area close to Scott base (about a 10 minute drive from McMurdo base). After breakfast today, we spent 20 minutes piling on all our...

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  The team made it to Antarctica! We've been busy with training and learning the ropes here at McMurdo base. (editor's note- McMurdo Station, not "base". Jeesh, such newbies.) Johnny and Brian are glad to finally have us here. They've planned a jam-packed week for us so we can try to...

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A few quick updates this morning: -Yesterday afternoon John reported that Jim, Cindy, Lauren, Emilie Nicole and Alex were on the plane flying south as of about 4 pm thursday, so barring unforeseen circumstances they made it to Antarctica late last night our time.  The first hours in Antarctica are...

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I'm sure these delay posts are getting old, but we're enduring another 24-hour flight delay. The weather looks good in McMurdo tomorrow, so the team is staying hopeful. While we're staying patient, though, we decided it would be worth a try to see how far we could travel from New...

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You know it’s a bad sign when, after the 3AM wake-up call, you check in at the Antarctic Passenger Terminal (APT), weigh your bags, put on your boots, grab a quick last coffee and return to the briefing room to board....and the loadmaster at the terminal starts to play...

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As Alex wrote in the last post, we have been together in Christchurch with rolling 24-hour delays. New Zealand is a wonderful country and spending a week in Christchurch is hardly something to complain about, except we are so very eager to get to Antarctica to search for meteorites! Our...

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Even when you’re not even there yet. Like many expeditions that have set out for the great white continent, the ANSMET team is currently facing a delay right where it’s hurts the most – before we’ve even left civilization. We are currently counting day 5 of being delayed in...

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