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Shackleton Camp: The Return

January 11, 2018

It seems like only yesterday we were here at Shackleton Glacier Camp (SHG) waiting to be put in to our Mt. Wisting field site. Four weeks later the same calm wind, strong sun, and friendly faces greeted us on our return. One again it took us four Twin Otter flights...

Cooking (Breakfast) with Scott

January 11, 2018

Today is move day, back to Shackleton Glacier Camp. It's been a relatively protracted field season for Team B, but it's been fun. We now have the long return to civilization. In the meantime, I wanted to share some news about our breakfast habits for the last few days. Up...

199 and counting…

January 10, 2018

Today and yesterday we put in some very long hours (10 hours yesterday, 9 hours today) to finish up most of the ice fields. Yesterday we were treated to almost no winds, we only had 2 knots. It was eerily quiet. In addition, we also had a heat wave...

Final Field Day + Cooking with James: Episode 3 (Lonely Ridge Surf ‘n Turf feat. John Schutt)

January 10, 2018

Today was a strange day. Nothing bizarre or anything, just a strange feeling. With all the field work done, and a pull out scheduled for tomorrow, there wasn't much to do but wait. It is amazing how fast the season went by, time flies when you're having fu.... working...

Helicopter day at Amundsen

January 9, 2018

We covered a lot of ground on foot today. Two whirly birds (helicopters) landed at our doorstep around 11:15 this morning. Shortly thereafter off we went. Looking out the window as the aircraft lifted off, there's a feeling of defying gravity as you slowly rise above the ground and...

Chondrites vs. Achondrites

January 8, 2018

Today we finished systematically searching our beloved "Achrondrite Orchard" ice field. All meteorites possible were harvested and recovered. Our count is now up to 172 meteorites of which 11 are achondrites and 2 are iron meteorites. So awesome!!! For some of you the difference between chondrites and achondrites might...

On the smooth ice at the edge of Lonely Ridge

January 8, 2018

It was one of those days you dream of, especially on those cold windy nights at Nodtvedt. Not a breeze to be felt, not a cloud in the sky. It was, by all accounts, a perfect Antarctic summer day. Our helicopter trip was pushed to tomorrow (Tuesday), presumably due to...

Barbara the barber

January 7, 2018

One disadvantage of being in the deep field is that you can't shower, bath, or wash your hair in the normal way. To stay clean (and as I said before, we don't really get dirty) we use baby wipes. 4 to 5 baby wipes per day are allocated for...

The Icetronauts

January 7, 2018

'It's another beautiful day' came John's voice through the tent fabric at 6.40 am this morning, 'we should begin searching again at 9'. 'Okay' I croaked, woken from another dream. I seem to dream an awful lot here. Aside from this disturbance, last night was wonderfully silent and still. I...

The day of the snotcicles

January 6, 2018

We woke up to an eerie stillness and calmness. No winds. At all. We were utterly excited and started getting dressed right away since this meant we would go out searching again. We hurried through our morning routine and were out tending to our skidoos at 8:40am already. At...

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