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General Quarters: All hands to Battlestars!

January 19, 2016

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder was a Field Marshal and the Chief of Staff for the Prussian army in the mid-19th century. He once said something to the effect of (his original words has been paraphrased repeatedly since it's now standard military doctrine), "No battle plan ever survives contact...

Team Sparkle is GO for pull-out

January 19, 2016

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...

The great exodus has begun!

January 18, 2016

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...

Update- first flight back from Miller in 3, 2, 1….

January 18, 2016

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.

Wrapping up (part of) the season

January 18, 2016

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...

short update from both teams via Cleveland

January 17, 2016

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...

A Day of Rest

January 17, 2016

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...

Nerds of ANSMET 2015-2016: Ellen Crapster-Pregont

January 17, 2016

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,...

And the results are…

January 16, 2016

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...

ANSMET in the media – some links

January 16, 2016

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 ,...

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