(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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With the entire field team here, today was a flurry of activity. And speaking of flurries, it's been snowing all day. McMurdo is pretty with a little bit of fresh snow around, but this weather has shut down the town, at least in terms of flying. But we...
The final push toward our main season began today as another McMurdo work week spins up. Our day started with discussing frozen food choices over breakfast, and was followed by "core" training for some of the group. Meanwhile Brian and I took care of other miscellaneous chores, always with our eye...
John and Duck are on the schedule to fly back to McMurdo tomorrow with 41 meteorites in tow. As always, they aren't really flying until they've flown- will provide a fuller story tomorrow evening.
-posted by rph in McMurdo
Hi all, a short post to let you know we've returned to McMurdo after our shakedown trip. The baseline purpose of this trip is to try out the essential camping gear the ANSMET team needs; the actual, individual tents, sleeping bags, snowmobiles, stoves, propane lines, booties..... all of it....
Our schedule for today is quite full; we're trying to take care of tasks more suitable for two days than one. The day began as it almost always does for ANSMET in McMurdo, with the group gathering for breakfast about 7:15 to confirm the day's plans. Here's how...
It's abour 9 pm local time, and the big news is that Jim, Minako, Alex and Jani are all in town. They actually arrived about 7 pm, but had to go through briefings and find their rooms and all that before settling down. Brian and I greeted them as...
This morning I reported that the weather in McMurdo was blustery, and it continued that way through the day. It was so windy that when I took a 200m walk from the Crary lab to the Berg Field Center carrying a big sleepkit bag, my enlarged cross section meant...
A few quick headlines for your morning. In the news:
-Jim Karner, Minako Righter, Jani Radebaugh and Alex Mishik are in Christchurch, and are due to fly south to McMurdo later today. They are currently on a 3-hour delay, which means if they stay on schedule they would arrive in...
We had a fantastic, successful and very long day yesterday, and since I saw it coming I decided to keep a timeline of events.
Monday (28 Nov), 5:45 AM Woke up and after getting dressed, a visit to the bathroom and some final last-minute packing, went off to the cafeteria...