News – Page 44 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

Come Fly with Me…. Or Not

December 15, 2015

Ellen, Johnny, Con on Willy Field. “Where’s our ride?” We have been waiting a few days to put the team into the field so we can start doing our job – find and retrieve meteorites. Days pass as we wait for flights. The following occurs between hours of 06:30 and...

they are on the way to Miller…..

December 14, 2015

Just got the message below........ "Hi Ralph, Just a quick sit rep: Team 1 (Jim, Brian, Nina and Morgan) deployed at Miller this morning via Bassler and are setting up camp. Team 2 (rest) is now on route now with another Bassler. That is all. Cheers! Con " Sometimes that's enough!

Making the most of a delay

December 14, 2015

We're taking advantage of being stuck in McMurdo another day to learn about some of the incredible science projects that only happen in Antarctica. The windy, overcast weather we had over the weekend has cleared up, meaning the Basler flight with priority carrying supplies to the South Pole got...

Hunting space rocks on a warm summer’s day

December 20, 2015

The weather was downright warm today, which made hunting for meteorites an absolute pleasure. We're still getting into the groove on this second day of hunting, but we were psyched to recover 12 meteorites just this afternoon. Just think of what we might discover in our first full day...

A shoutout to the Basler crew

December 20, 2015

Today we got our last major haul of cargo, including two skidoos and lots of gas for them, via the Basler. The Basler folks are remarkably efficient at getting cargo on and off of their plane and they also couldn't be any nicer--I'm guessing it's because they're Canadians (but...

Where in the World?

December 14, 2015

The 2015-16 ANSMET team is stuck in McMurdo for at least another day. We’re really anxious to get out in the field, and as a substitute for actually being in the Miller Range we’ve been visualizing our future traverses by studying the maps of the area (see map- red...

Silence is golden

December 12, 2015

No word from the 2015-2016 field team in the past 24 hours is almost certainly good news. There's no better word to use than "hustle" for this put-in period. The field team members are scrambling all over McMurdo to get their field gear together, their personal belongings stowed for their return,...

Dec. 12 blog

December 11, 2015

Brian, Jim, John, and I went on a reconnaissance trip today. We took a Basler flight to Iggy Ridge in the North Miller Range so the pilots could check the status of the runway. They haven't landed there recently and wanted to try it with a light load of...

Newbie Perspective: Rites of Passage and Waiting

December 11, 2015

On the 10th of December the Newbie Meteorite Hunters (or Meteorite Diviners according to some folks at Scott Base) performed our rite of passage: climbing Observation Hill. The weather was perfect, slight wind, clear skies, and nearly 32°F (0°C). The climb reinvigorated us physically and was a refreshing change...

The Village People

December 10, 2015

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