News – Page 28 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

Cargo is Go!

December 6, 2017

Ahoy all, Another milestone achieved today: all cargo is in the system and in the process of heading to Shackleton Glacier Camp (SHG). Over the past few days we’ve prepped all food, gear, and equipment for systematic deployment to SHG – we have certainly become savvier with those often-finicky cargo...

The end of shakedown and our food-pull

December 5, 2017

The last day of our Shakedown was a beautiful day and after a breakfast (oatmeal, yuck!) we started our day at 8:30am with a science meeting followed by traverse training on skidoos and meteorite recovery training. We had a lot of fun and recovered a “snowballite” and a “pringlesite”....

Ob tube

December 5, 2017

Today was our second full day in McMurdo station. Since our arrival we have started to prepare for our deep field deployment. We constantly take training classes on environmental protection (to protect Antarctica with its pristine fauna and flora from us people); waste management; recycling; water preservation (only 4...

Shakedown Camp: Day 1

December 3, 2017

Greetings from the McMurdo Ice Shelf, We set out early from town to get ready for our shakedown - a practice camping night on the ice near McMurdo. Our eight skidoos outfitted with four sleds carrying all our gear departed around 09:00 and headed out onto the ice. The convoy...

McMurdo Arrival

December 1, 2017

What a day! Shuttle pickup from the hotel was scheduled for 05:45. We crammed into the shuttle with all our gear and were whisked to the airport for check-in starting at 06:30. A few last minute checks and our checked bags were weighed and palletized for the RNZAF C130...

Preparation for the big adventure

November 29, 2017

Today we had an exciting visit to the Antarctic Clothing Distribution Center (CDC). Here we got some orientation first about what to expect tomorrowfor our deployment (basically being squished like sardines into a bit military airplane for 8 hours), how to be smart and protect the pristine and amazing...

Rest of the Team Preparing in Christchurch

November 28, 2017

Koa katoa, With John and Brian in McMurdo, the rest of us arrived in Christchurch this morning right on schedule with all our equipment in tow (minus a power adapter I donated to a plug by Gate 32 at Auckland airport, whoops!). Today we repacked/reorganized our gear and got ready...

ANSMET field team hits New Zealand

November 28, 2017

Hi all, a quick post to relate that there's been a few emails tossed about between the field party members- all 6 have arrived in Auckland and are making their way to their flights to Christchurch. So far so good! And for your amusement, the "E-foot plan" for McMurdo's...

Some updates from ANSMET central- Updated

November 21, 2017

Hi All, it's officially been a week since John and Brian left the US for Christchurch and then Antarctica, so it's a good time to keep you updated on the team's progress. We'll do this headline-style. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOUNTAINEERS. John and Brian made it to Christchurch on time,...

A note from Dr. Ioannis Baziotis

November 19, 2017

Hi All, It is my turn to post only this time presenting you the Greek-style of writing and thoughts about ANSMET. In fact, today is less than a week prior to my departure for San Francisco. I will spend two nights in San Francisco and will watch my 3rd NBA game...

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