Our Basler buddies are going to do a return shuttle for us--they just took off from Willie Field and are coming to pick us up right now! Thanks guys! That will leave Jim and Brian all by their lonesomes here at camp. They'll be staging some of our equipment...
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We were on the schedule this morning as a backup to the primary scheduled mission, and we got word at 7 am that we had been activated. So we spent the morning in a flurry of activity getting ready for our first pull-out flight! We're departing two team members...
Quick note: I just heard the first flight back from Miller Range will arrive at Willy Field in Mcmurdo at about 7:15 east coast US time tonight. Not sure who will be on it, and I won't bore you with guesses.
Just a quick update--we have received word that we are on the flight schedule for this week to be pulled out of the field starting as early as tomorrow (!). We spent today wrapping up loose ends, which included picking up our final meteorites (flagged but not recovered until...
I'm a happy boss. I've talked to both Jim Karner (in the Miller Range) and John Schutt (in McMurdo) in the past half-day, hearing what's on their minds and sharing a few box scores. Even though I'm sure you'll hear more details in the next few blogs, I thought I'd...
Sunday. A day of rest for me (as well as for the flight staff here at McMurdo). Sunday brunch also happens to be the best food day during the week here on station. A small carvery station is set up, usually roast beef or turkey, a row of cold...
All of our tent days last week gave us a lot of time to get to know each other. Here I chat with Ellen about her crafty hobbies, her challenging last name, and her deep fear of following in Socks the Pony's footsteps.
Name: Ellen Crapster-Pregont
Hometown: Merrill, WI
Current town: Manhattan,...
Today we had a lovely day of meteorite recovery, with warm weather and low winds. We recovered 49 samples, which brings our total to 554 for the season. However, this isn't the number that we're concerned with today. Prior to our field deployment. we all made our personal predictions...
Hi all, a couple of ANSMET-related things have shown up on the web lately. The links are below.
-An interview with Nina Lanza in the Washington Post. It's a bit out of date (the interview was before getting into the field) but still fun.
-Ars Technica geeks out over Antarctic meteorites ,...
This is Con here, reporting in from McMurdo Station. As you might have read, Johnny and I splintered off from the main group yesterday to form a recon team. It was sad to leave the herd. If all goes well, we'll reunite in mid-March at the LPSC conference. The...