We had nice weather today -- maybe -15 degrees C (or 0 F) with relatively light winds and sun -- and took advantage of it to have our second full day in the field. We spent the day continuing our sweeping of the blue...
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Christmas: The day dawned clear windy and cold (not exactly a surprise for Antarctica). Most of the team went for a recon drive over to a new ice field looking for Christmas Presents of the meteorite variety. Despite the unsearched area, pickings were slim, with only 5 meteorites bagged....
Now, a quote from Karate Kid may seem like an odd subject line for a blog about correcting meteorites. Also, I realize that past blogs from me have a history of being slightly wanderingy (I’ve decided that this is in fact a word), but stay with me and this...
The winds were strong (~25 kts) again this morning, which caused us to stay in our tents until after lunch. And unfortunately, due to the turbulence aloft, Ralph's scheduled pull-out flight was canceled. Ralph's plans were to only be in the field for the first portion of the trip,...
degrees Celsius...that would be 35 mph and -31 Fahrenheit in civilized units (I had to use the original units because it is a Belgian who let me use her weather station...and she had demands). The wind is still blowing along at a pretty good clip as we try...
Christmas Eve was a productive day here at Davis-Ward. Although the conditions were somewhat marginal in the morning, the last 2.5 days in our tents provided extra motivation for braving the winds and cloudy conditions. Even with those drawbacks -- the poor lighting makes it harder to distinguish meteorites...
The weather that brought our great first morning of meteorite-collecting to a halt after lunch yesterday continued today. Blowing snow kept us inside all day, giving us our first full tent day. I haven't yet gotten the wind speed measured, but the temperature is in the range of -20...
Our work day began early with a Twin Otter plane buzzing our tents at 8:15 in the morning - this was before we expected it to arrive. We hustled out to meet it and went to work unloading its cargo. We are getting good with this....
We sent this blog two days ago from the field, but it doesn't appear that the technology worked, so here is a recap. Woo-hoo! The planets aligned and we finally got our C130 flights out to the CTAM transition area. The scenery going across Antarctica was...
greetings from Davis Ward! After all those logistic duties and waiting days in McMurdo, I am very proud to announce our first catch of meteorites (and yes, with "s"!!). Everything started early with a cheerful wake-up call from John at 6h40 just to be sure we would be...