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The last couple of days have been a blur. And I am honestly really exhausted. Adjusting to the ice isn’t bad, don’t get me wrong. It’s just different. I am constantly thirsty, always applying chapstick, eating about 6 times a day to get calories… it’s just different. And on...

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Just in case you're wondering why the team hasn't been posting the last few days,  don't worry;  it's good news.  I've been in touch with them and they're just very busy.  Here's some reasons (call them excuses if you want). When we put together our schedule for McMurdo we...

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Well here we are, friends! We’ve officially made it. I am reporting from THE ICE! I think today, this morning really, is when it started to feel real for a lot of us.  This morning, we hopped on a shuttle at 5:45 am and headed back to the USAP CDC....

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Hey kids!  I know, I know. I didn’t blog last night. But I was tired. So tired. I slept well if you were wondering.  First things first, the most important meal of the day: Breakfast. Paul and Elena had quite the NZ experience for breakfast: Marmite. Elena says, “It is a...

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Hi Friends! Sheridan here. Reporting from beautiful Christchurch, NZ! I’ve been unofficially officially dubbed the Blog Kween 👑 this season. It’s mostly a job I begged for... if we’re being totally honest here. As a rookie, I’ve followed the blog and the ANSMET team in previous years and I was...

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Here's a picture of Ralph and I they day before the big trip. Just a system test!   Okay, so normally I'd just delete this test post, but I'm leaving this up to talk about our blogging just in case anyone's interested.  Paul (who's an MS student here at Case, doing...

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      Hi everyone.   A quick post updating progress on this year's ANSMET field season.  John Schutt and Brian Rougeux have been in McMurdo since Nov 21,  the day before the Thanksgiving holiday.  They report a few things of interest: -John and Brian have gone through the various training classes for...

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To follow Juliane’s final post of the season, I wanted to take a moment to bid adieu as well. However, in part 1 of this tandem, she summarized everything perfectly. So, to quote John Scott on New Year’s, I’ll simply say: “Likewise”. Okay, perhaps that’s too short of a...

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Our last bit of cargo and the last 4 skidoos have finally arrived and with that our season is over. We are still in McMurdo waiting our turn to leave the continent (whenever it might come, still no flights out of here). The cargo vessel departed this morning and the fuel vessel...

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