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Saturday, 16 December

It’s Saturday at McMurdo and our team is feeling like we’re mostly done with the training and preparation for the field. Our main task today was getting our dry food and frozen food processed through the cargo system. Each box was weighed, measured, and labeled – and our friends...

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Shakedown

Monday morning the team headed out to do a shakedown. In a shakedown we camp for one night near McMurdo to do a test-run for the field, making sure all our tents and camping equipment are in good order and training us how to set up and take down...

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McMurdo, four years later

Greetings ANSMET enthusiasts! If you've been reading about our progress you know we've made it to McMurdo Station, prepping to get into the field. When we were last here, in January 2020, work had begun on the "Master Plan"- a grand scheme to upgrade the whole of McMurdo station; modernize,...

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Saturday in McMurdo

We had a great second day in McMurdo! The day started at the Berg Field Center (the “BFC”) to sort through our sleep kits, kitchen boxes, and tent boxes to make sure we’re ready to eat, sleep, and survive in the field! The sleeping bags are rated to minus 60...

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