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As the weeks away from home keep piling up, I wanted to write a note about all those family and friends we left behind while fulfilling our ANSMET dreams. All of us are truly appreciative for your efforts; doing everything from taking care of our kids and pets to...

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January 13, Another good day of meteorite recovery at Davis-Ward. We started off this morning driving head on into fairly strong winds and a temperature of -6 F. By lunch time the wind had almost stopped completely and not a cloud could be seen in the sky. Today we systematically...

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Hello world, Sheridan here. I’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus for reasons that don’t particularly need to be explained here. But I am back. Or at least for right now. Our resupply, originally scheduled for January 4th, moved to December 26th, and canceled for 13 days, finally made...

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Hi everyone,  just got off the phone with Jim Karner who called me from the field.  It's that time of the year where what's happening next season can influence this season's final priorities, and in my role as "fearless leader/ old fart back home" they wanted my opinion.  Or...

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By my records, we're about at the midpoint of the field season.  The Team began ingress Dec 12 (after Johnny Alpine) with a full team by Dec 15.  We began meteorite hunting on December 16th.  So that's about 3 out of the 6 weeks complete in our mission. Let's start...

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As the relative novice on this year’s ANSMET team, with respect to meteorites and meteorite recovery, I’m fascinated and greatly impressed by the rest of the team’s knowledge and passion in the sciences associated with meteorites. This has been, for me, the ultimate field trip, with the ultimate mentors....

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Hi all,  I just got done talking to Jim Karner via the iridium phone. All is well out at Davis-Ward.  They acknowledge they haven't sent a blog post for a day or two,  but it's mostly because they've had good weather and are really working hard.  They report slightly...

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The first day of the year turned out to be quite a success for or ANSMET team. After a nice New Year’s Eve filled with great food, stories, and games, we woke up to yet another beautiful morning with perfect weather for collecting. Though today our searching area came...

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We finally caught a break in the weather today, and were able to dedicate a lot of time to both systematic searching the blue ice and foot searching a section of moraine. The morning started off by turning over large boulders and looking through the gravel caught up in...

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To begin with, my sincere apologies for my last blog, in which I incorrectly stated that Amundsen reached the South Pole on Dec. 14, 2011, when in fact, it was Dec. 14, 1911. Apologies for the typographical error - must have been the thin mountain air we’ve been experiencing...

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