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Day 2 – The USAP CDC

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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Day 1 – Christchurch, NZ!

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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Test

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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New World’s Eve

      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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2018-19 Season preview

Hey ANSMET followers, we're finally getting around to announcing our team for 2018-19 and giving you all a preview of the season.  First, this year's team includes equal parts veterans and newbies: John Schutt will again be the team's lead mountaineer and he will be joined by our second mountaineer,...

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Adieu: Part Deux

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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Goodbye: Part 1

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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Behind the scenes #3

When you enter the BFC (short for Berg Field Center) your eyes need a few seconds to adjust to the windowless, dimly lit container building. But if you are an outdoor lover like me, once your eyes have adjusted to the light, your heart will start racing and your eyes...

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