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Hi, it's me, Minako Righter. Today is Sunday, means everyone gets day off here in McMurdo.  No flights going in and out today, so no staring at flight info screen to get update.  Our flight is planned on Tuesday to go to Shackleton Camp. So we have a couple more...

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There are few times in the summer that McMurdo is truly quiet,  but Sunday morning is one of them.  This is the only day the local workforce gets off every week,  so no aircraft are flying, no administrators are administering, and the worker bees tell the queen to buzz...

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Jani and Minako here! we had a few fun experiences around town we'd like to share with you. The first is a trip to the Crary Laboratory touch tank, a place in the basement of the science building where you can actually touch many of the sea creatures you'd...

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(Please note:  the intended audience for this blog is in the 3rd grade; this narrative takes great liberties with the literal truth and absolutely no treaty violations occurred). My daughter Scout has asked repeatedly that I bring her home a seal from Antarctica.  She thinks they're cuddly and the word "cute"...

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Following the Nov-20 blog posted by Duck I went for a walk to the Observation Hill and here are some pictures taken on the way. One third into the hike I saw the site where a 1.75 MW nuclear reactor operated since 1962 for about 10 years.  It used...

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Not a whole lot of stuff going on today for the ANSMET team. We have all of our gear in the cargo system as of lunch time Wednesday. Now it is just a matter of waiting... This is the Antarctic version of the military’s “Hurry up...

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The Coziness of McMurdo Hi everyone! Jani here. Were in McMurdo, having just finished a satisfying few days of assembling all our gear and getting it into the system, ready for flight out to our field locations. We bring a lot of gear with us, so this takes a...

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(The events described in this blog occurred between 28 Nov. and 5 Dec. This will be a long post. Due to technological issues - or operator error, I am not going to specify which – I was unable to post from the field. That is all...

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