News – Page 46 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

On their way

November 30, 2015

If I'm counting the hours correctly, the main body of ANSMET volunteers is in the air over the middle of the pacific right now, still a couple of hours from their destination. But it looks like they're already finding each other, and I think the smiles tell the tale....... Morgan...

A love letter to the 2015-2016 field team

November 30, 2015

Field team fun in the Miller Range circa 2009Dear Jim, Morgan, John, Nina, Brian, Morgan, Ellen and Con, I'm not going to lie to you- it's a little bit heartbreaking to see you all leave for Antarctica without me. Staying home was my choice, of course, and after 30 years of...

2015-2016 Field Season Preview

November 30, 2015

Welcome to the 2015-2016 ANSMET field season, everybody! The field season is getting underway and accelerating down the tracks. John Schutt and Brian Rougeux are already in McMurdo getting our gear together, and the remainder of the field team are already on their way to Christchurch or...

Prepping for departure!

November 26, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving ANSMET fans! I'm Nina and I'm testing out our blog before we head south. Here's what I look like according to this iPad (terrifying, so you know it's accurate).

ANSMET team 2015-16

November 30, 2015

With late-summer upon us we have selected the team for the 2015-16 ANSMET season. The team boasts four veterans and four newbies. Here it is..... John Schutt- head mountaineer and veteran of ~35 ANSMET seasons. Jim Karner- science lead from Case Western Reserve University and veteran of 7 seasons. Brian Rougeux- second mountaineer and veteran...

Season’s endings.

November 30, 2015

As I write this the last of the 2014-2015 ANSMET field party members (John Schutt) should be heading for the MEC to catch his flight to Christchurch and soon afterwards his home in Washington State. Thus it seems like a perfect time to try and sum up the season. Before...

The long and winding road

November 27, 2015

So one of the reasons that I write these blogs so infrequently, is that I have a terrible short term memory. I mean, I’m not quite the dog from Up (Squirrel!), but if we just met and you told me your name, then I’ve very likely forgotten your name...

5 of us made it to Christchurch

January 27, 2015

Five of us -- Christine, Vinciane, Shannon, Jim,and I -- made it to Christchurch today. Jim is heading home asap (tomorrow morning, 5am shuttle to the airport) to see his 9-month-old daughter. The rest of us have one or more days for seeing Christchurch and/or...

no go this morning to Chrischurch, but the cargo ship arrived this afternoon

January 20, 2017

Contrary to the last sentence of yesterday’s blog, we didn’t make it out this morning after all. The original manifest of ~50 people had shrunk to 7 when we showed up at 6:15am for transport to the airfield, and those 7 did not include any of us. So a...

update to the update, and impromptu air show!

January 24, 2015

Let me first update Ralph’s Jan 20 update – John and Brian made it back to McMurdo from CTAM. They were there ~24 hours longer than planned, due to weather, but no doubt the gear that’s being left there until next season is now highly...

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