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This morning, after 20-30 minutes of anxious waiting to see if Daniela and Minako’s flight to Davis Ward would take off, we got the news: cancelled due to weather. We were disappointed because we’re ready to go collect some space rocks. Antarctica has its own plans sometimes. Daniela called John...

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Hi ANSMET enthusiasts!! We are so close to getting out to the field, but it is not happening today. We got news about flight cancelation last night due to the difficulty of getting the airstrip ready (technical & weather issues at DW). And it's a snow day in McMurdo...

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With the New Year the team is hoping to head out into the field this week!  Brian has already been in the field a couple days, along with Amelia from the BFC. News from the Davis-Ward field camp is good. Brian and Amelia have made progress digging out the...

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I’ve always been a fan of trucks and if you like big trucks and heavy equipment, McMurdo Station is the place to be. Robert posted a picture of the huge red Kress people mover a while ago and we posted an image of a helicopter carrying cargo, but the...

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Today was a glorious day on all fronts! At 7:28 am, we learned that Brian's Twin Otter flight to the Davis Ward field area had been activated! He was picked up promptly by a shuttle at 7:45 and then took off before 10:00. The Team was absolutely exuberant about reaching...

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Hi everyone, About 4:15 pm this afternoon (east coast US time) I started getting a series of excited emails from individual members of the field team letting me know that G-058 (ANSMET's science group designation) was finally scheduled to fly today after cancellation of the group that sat in front...

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Flights to the field seem to be like unicorns – we’ve heard that they exist, but we can never seem to catch one! Unfortunately all of the Twin Otter flights were canceled again today due to weather. That’s six attempts in a row for those of you keeping score....

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Tuesday turned into a pretty special ANSMET day, after a whiteout that caused more flight delays. It was hard to see much outside. You couldn’t even see the mountains across the ice, on the mainland. Our team called Johnny and he told us a bit about a dinner with other...

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Hi everyone, and Merry Christmas! As befits the season I've been exchanging well-wishes with ANSMET vets from around the world and with the individual members of our field team.  Being the nosy sort (and missing my buddies) I asked a lot of questions.   On this day dedicated to giving...

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Hi everyone, The field team didn't send a detailed post for today,  but they did send me best wishes for Christmas Eve,  and a few photos.  They're obeying a self-imposed COVID quarantine because of their (hopefully) imminent flight to the field, and staying away from the official McMurdo Christmas party. Here's...

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